search-string
Specifies a message identifier or one or more words from a
message's text. By default, HELP/MESSAGE displays a description
of the message produced by the last executed command (that is,
the message corresponding to the value currently stored in the
CLI symbol $STATUS).
The Help Message utility (MSGHLP) operates using the following
conventions:
o Words containing fewer than three alphanumeric characters are
ignored.
o Words can be specified in any order.
You can minimize search time by specifying the most unusual
word first.
o Nonalphanumeric characters are ignored in the search.
Exceptions are the percent sign (%) and hyphen (-) when
they prefix a message. Therefore, you can paste a full
message into the search string, provided you include these
special characters and delete any variables (such as file
names) that were inserted into the message.
If Help Message fails to find a pasted message in the database,
submit the command again and omit the leading special character,
facility, and severity. Some common messages are documented as
"shared" messages rather than facility-specific messages.
o Help Message matches all words that begin with the characters
specified in the search string. Use /WORD_MATCH=WHOLE_WORD to
specify that only whole words be matched.