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 SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
