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# WHICH

`WHICH` |  | object-name `[FULL]` |
`?`

This command lets you find objects in the libraries used at run time in the Library Search Order (LSO).

- Direct Command Syntax

- WHICH Parameter Description

- Default Output of WHICH Command

- Full List of WHICH Command

- Batch Processing

- WHICH Command under Natural Security

## Direct Command Syntax

`WHICH` | Displays a window where you can enter an object name with the additional option to select the full output list.
`WHICH object-name` | Displays the object type, the name of the first library in which the object is found, and the DBID and FNR of this library. See Default Output of WHICH Command.
`WHICH object-name FULL` | Lists all libraries of the library search order. For each listed library, it indicates whether the cataloged or source object is found. If you press PF5 in the output screen, you can start a new search. See Full List of WHICH Command.
`WHICH ?` | Displays the help text of the `WHICH` command.

## WHICH Parameter Description

Parameter | Format/Length | Default Value | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`object-name` | A8 | none | The name of the object you want to search.

## Default Output of WHICH Command

If you enter the `WHICH` command without the `FULL` option, the output looks like the following example:

    Cataloged subprogram USR1002N found in library SYSEXT(12,124).

## Full List of WHICH Command

If you enter the `WHICH` command with the `FULL` option, all libraries of the library search order are listed. The output looks like the following example:

    12:00:49               ***** NATURAL WHICH COMMAND *****             2023-05-25
    User XXXX                 - Search object USR1002N -           Library MYLIB

    Library   DBID   FNR Type Save/Catalog Date   Message
    -------- ----- ----- ---- ------------------- --------------------------------
    MYLIB       12   123
    MYLIB01     12   123
    MYLIB02     12   123
    PROTECT                                       Library access denied
    SYSEXT      12   124  N   2022-04-20 07:59:36 Cataloged object found
                          N   2011-05-06 16:37:46 Saved object found
    SYSTEM      12   123
    SYSTEM      12   124

    Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
          Help        Exit        New   --    -     +     ++                Canc

#### Explanation of Column Headings

Column | Explanation
--- | ---
Library | The names of libraries in the library search order.
DBID FNR | The database ID and file number of the Natural system file containing the library.
Type | The Natural object type code of the object. See Object Type Code in the Glossary.
Save/Catalog Date | The save or catalog date of the object.
Message | The result of the search. An empty line indicates that the object was not found in that library.

#### Function Keys

The output screen of the `WHICH` command with `FULL` option provides the following function keys:

PF Key | Name | Function
--- | --- | ---
PF1 | Help | Invoke help.
PF3 | Exit | Exit from `WHICH` command.
PF5 | New | New search.
PF6 | -- | Top of list.
PF7 | - | Page backward.
PF8 | + | Page forward.
PF9 | ++ | End of list.
PF12 | Canc | Cancel the `WHICH` command.

## Batch Processing

The output of `WHICH` without `FULL` option is the same as the online output.

If you call the `WHICH` command with the `FULL` option, all resulting libraries are printed in one list.

## WHICH Command under Natural Security

For information on `WHICH` under Natural Security, see Command Restrictions in the Natural Security documentation.

### On this page

- Direct Command Syntax
- WHICH Parameter Description
- Default Output of WHICH Command
- Full List of WHICH Command
- Batch Processing
- WHICH Command under Natural Security