>>1) You could use IPOUPDTE also. David,
AFAIK , IPOUPDTE can only work on PDS but does NOT work with sequential datasets. OP hasn't specified if the input is a pds or sequential datasets. File-Manager handles both PDS and sequential files. >>2) Does File manager do "intelligent changes" like ISPF Edit? (If Source >>String and Target String are different lengths, does the "line" beyond the >>change get shifted, or, if there multiple blanks, not necessarily) The only restriction for file manager is Data sets containing variable length records : If a CHANGE command would result in an increase in the length of a variable length record, the change is not processed. Here is the link to the documentation. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/file-manager-for-zos/14.1?topic=functions-fch-findchange Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
