On 30 Dec 2011 04:41:48 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >In <[email protected]>, on 12/29/2011 > at 09:19 AM, Brad Wissink <[email protected]> said: > >>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 > >That sounds like it's a Unicode file in UCS-2 or UTF-16. > >>Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is there a quick and >>easy way to remove all the nulls? > >Use any utility capable of translating UTF-16 to UTF-8. I believe that >iconv will work. > COBOL can handle with USAGE NATIONAL. Just describe the fields correctly. See the manual for details.
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