Actually, what I want is a single blank line - only if the merged file is empty, but no blank line if there are data in the merged file.
________________________________ From: Howard Brazee Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 7:52 AM To: [email protected]; 'Frank Yaeger' Subject: Merge - exclude blank lines I have a job that merges two files. One of those files was empty in a run (or produced a blank line), and the merged file started off with a blank line. That blank line made the subsequent job abort (thinking the file was empty). I could change that program or maybe change the sort to eliminate that blank line. How would I change this sort? MERGE FIELDS=(3,49,A, 1,2,A, 52,15,A), FORMAT=CH,SIZE=E100000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
