Count Number of Records in a Dataset

This JCL will count the number of records in a dataset. It is assumed you have ICETOOL in your shop.

//**************************************************** //**COUNT NUMBER OF RECORDS IN A DATASET            ** //**************************************************** //S1 EXEC PGM=ICETOOL                                 //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=*                                 //DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=*                                  //IN DD DSN=<DSN Name>,DISP=SHR            //TOOLIN DD *                                           COUNT FROM(IN)

Count of records can be checked in spool under “TOOLMSG”.

Eg: NUMBER OF RECORDS PROCESSED: 000000000009640