> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schwarz, Barry A > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FTP of fixed file off the mainframe > > > You can look at the hex contents of the file on the unix > system with the od (octal dump) command. On my system, I use > > od -x -N 500 <filename> > > to look at one screen's worth of data at the front of the > file. (Beware, the addresses are octal but the data is hex.)
If you want, you can change the addresses from Octal to Hex by adding the -Ax parameter. od -x -Ax -N 500 filename. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
