Thank you for all your answers and hints!
1. Trimming the trailing blanks: Unfortunately I do not have any RegEx-capable program at work and UltraEdit is not in our software catalog. Anyhow, I've got the following Information offline: <----- snip -----> Hi, i normally use Notepad++ (free product) on my PC. Paste into Notepad++ cntl-a TextFX -- TextFX Edit -- Trim Trailing Spaces cntl-c (cntl-x to cut instead of copy) go paste into the email http://www.filehippo.com/download_notepad/ <----- snip -----> The homepage is < http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm > It works! 2. Truncating trailing blanks in variable records We have ISPF Productivity Tool (ex-SPIFFY) active (to get EDSET command I had to logon with vanilla ISPF). Saving the edited file brings a pop-up window IQIESAVV with the following text: <----- snip -----> You are about to truncate all trailing blanks of each record. Truncate trailing blanks? Y (yes) or N (no) ---> N Specify your choice and press ENTER. Enter END or CANCEL to cancel this request. <----- snip -----> The default is always "N", independent of the value in the profile???? (Maybe I am the only person ever to try this feature in SPIFFY? :-)) Thank you once more and have a nice day! -- ÂŽaromil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
