I just used grep on a file tagged ISO8859 and it worked without using iconv.
t ISO8859-1 T=on -rwxr-xr-x 1 XXXXXXX ZZZZZZZ 2618 Feb 20 08:21 cleanvi >grep 'IBM' cleanvi # Copyright 1996 IBM Corp. # The following enclosed code is sample code created by IBM # IBM product and is provided to you solely for the purpose # IBM shall not be liable for any damages arising out of your I used both /bin/grep and /zopen/grep and both worked Lionel B. Dyck <>< Github: https://github.com/lbdyck System Z Enthusiasts Discord: https://discord.gg/sze “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: grep ascii files... Kirk, I want to directly grep ascii files instead of iconv first. ITschak *| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software **|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Z/OS, zLinux and IBM I **| * *|* *Email**: i_mugz...@securiteam.co.il **|* *Mob**: +972 522 986404 **|* *Skype**: ItschakMugzach **|* *Web**: www.Securiteam.co.il **|* בתאריך יום ה׳, 18 באפר׳ 2024 ב-15:37 מאת Kirk Wolf <k...@coztoolkit.com>: > Behold the power of Unix pipelines: > > $ iconv -f ISO8859-1 -t IBM-1047 myasciifile | grep MATCH > > iconv is not "first converting" the the whole file to EBCDIC since > both iconv and grep run at the same time :-) > > Kirk Wolf > Dovetailed Technologies > https://coztoolkit.com > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, at 4:03 AM, ITschak Mugzach wrote: > > Is there any command to grep ascii files without the need to first > convert > > them to ebcdic (iconv -f)? > > > > ITschak > > > > ITschak Mugzach > > *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous > > Monitoring for z/OS, x/Linux & IBM I **| z/VM coming soon * > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > > IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
