## zowe › rse-api-for-zowe-cli › search › members

Search for PDS member(s) provided the filter with a member pattern and/or content string.

#### Usage

zowe rse-api-for-zowe-cli search members <filter> <memberPattern> [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `filter` (string)

  - Dataset filter string. Ex. FILTERNAME.*.

- `memberPattern` (string)

  - Member name pattern. Ex. MEM or *

#### Options

- `--content` | `-c` (string)

  - Content string to be searched. Ex. HelloWorld or *

- `--regex-member` | `--rm` (boolean)

  - Regex for member name. If Regex pattern is not used, wildcard patterns are used.

    Default value: false

- `--regex-content` | `--rc` (boolean)

  - Regex for content. If Regex pattern is not used, wildcard patterns are used.

    Default value: false

- `--case-sensitive-content` | `--csc` (boolean)

  - Case-sensitive for content

    Default value: false

- `--number-of-results` | `--nor` (string)

  - Number of results displayed for MVS search If number-of-results is not used, default is 10000 results.

- `--response-format-type` | `--rft` (string)

  - The command response output format type. Must be one of the following: table, list, object, string

    Default value: list

#### Profile Options

- `--rse-profile` | `--rse-p` (string)

  - The name of a (rse) profile to load for this command execution.

- `--base-profile` | `--base-p` (string)

  - The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

#### Base Connection Options

- `--host` | `-H` (string)

  - Host name of service on the mainframe.

- `--port` | `-P` (number)

  - Port number of service on the mainframe.

- `--user` | `-u` (string)

  - User name to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

- `--password` | `--pass` | `--pw` (string)

  - Password to authenticate to service on the mainframe.

- `--reject-unauthorized` | `--ru` (boolean)

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

- `--token-type` | `--tt` (string)

  - The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

- `--token-value` | `--tv` (string)

  - The value of the token to pass to the API.

- `--cert-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication.

    Note: The CLI does not support certificate files that require a password. For more information, search Troubleshooting PEM Certificates in Zowe Docs.

- `--cert-key-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

#### Examples

- Search for a Dataset Member with a filter of USER.* with member pattern TEST:

  - `zowe rse-api-for-zowe-cli search members "USER.*" "MEMBER"`