Controls whether the output of the SHOW ELEMENT command is
formatted. You can use the /FORMAT qualifier in combination
with the /OUTPUT qualifier to set up a command file. With this
command file, you can execute a CMS command or a DCL command on a
specified set of elements (such as all elements in a group).
The format string can contain printing characters; within the
format string, CMS recognizes #E (and #e) as the element format
parameter. For each line of output (one line per element), CMS
displays the format string and replaces each occurrence of #E (or
#e) with the element name. To include a number sign in the output
line, type it twice (##). When you specify /FORMAT, CMS does
not generate the heading normally produced by the SHOW ELEMENT
command.
To set up a command file, you specify a format string consisting
of a command, including the dollar sign ($) prompt and the
element format parameter (for example, /FORMAT="$ CMS FETCH #E").
Use the /OUTPUT qualifier to direct the output to a command file.
When you execute the SHOW ELEMENT command with these qualifiers,
CMS creates a command file containing a list of FETCH commands
that use each element in the denoted set as parameters.