Is the file editable? If so, a very simple edit macro would do what you want. 
Contact me off-list if you need help with it.

Dave Salt

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> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:04:30 -0800
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Break a dataset into new record boundaries?
> To: [email protected]
> 
> I've got a dataset that has been mangled through some misguided efforts such
> that original record boundaries have been lost. It used to be RECFM=V and
> now it is RECFM=F
> 
> As luck would have it, every original record begins with the same hex value.
> Can anyone suggest a simple tool -- z/OS, USS, or Windows -- that would
> reformat the records breaking on every occurrence of a particular byte
> value? 
> 
> Yes, I know I will get some false positives, but it's test data, not
> production data, and I can probably live with that. It would be an
> improvement on what I have -- that's for sure.
> 
> I believe I have access to ICETOOL but I am embarrassed to admit I have
> never used it. I glanced at the doc just now but did not see anything that
> looked relevant -- but perhaps I missed something.
> 
> Thanks all!
> 
> Charles 
> 
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