On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:19:30 -0600, Brad Wissink wrote: >We have a client that is trying to transfer us a file and it is loaded with >nulls. They say that is the way it comes from the purchased software they >have on their workstation. The file has a null character inserted after every >character so it looks like this > >1 12/29/2011 becomes F1004000F100F2006100F200F9006100F200F000F100F100....... > >Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is there a quick and easy way to >remove all the nulls? > When I simply open a file with vi, it complains about any nulls. When I save it, the nulls are gone.
Disclaimer: I've experienced this behavior on other systems; never tried it on z/OS What about "tr -d \000"? (I haven't tried it.) I bet perl would be great for that. John? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
