Listing Catalog Information

Use the LISTCAT command to obtain a list of data sets with your prefix as the first qualifier, or to obtain a specific list of data sets and data set information from a catalog. A catalog contains information about data sets, such as who created it, when it was created, when it will expire, and the serial number of the volume in which the data set is stored.

Using the LISTCAT command you can request that the system:

List all the data sets beginning with your prefix (no operands)
List the data sets of a particular catalog (CATALOG operand)
Put the list information in a data set rather than on the terminal screen (CATALOG and OUTFILE operands)
List the information associated with only specific data sets (ENTRIES operand)
List the data sets with a particular qualifier (LEVEL operand)
List data sets with aliases only (ALIAS operand)
List the data sets that were created a specific number of days before the present (CREATION operand)
List the data sets that expire within a certain number of days (EXPIRATION operand)
Return all or a part of the following information about data sets in your personal library (ALL operand):
- Data set name
- Owner identification
- Creation date
- Expiration date
- Entry type
- Volume serial number
- Device types

For information about how to list catalog information for VSAM data sets, see z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services Commands.

When you enter LISTCAT with no operands, the last prefix specified with the PROFILE command becomes the highest-level data set name qualifier. The system displays only information about the data sets associated with that prefix.