TSO Command to remove the headers from a file

Ashley Justin Issac · New User Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Chennai

Hi,
Can anybody help me in finding the answers to the follwing questions

1. A report is generated and it is in a flat file.Using some TSO command I need to remove the Headers and Trailer and view only the records.

2. How can I hide a particular String In a program using any TSO command?

Thanks in Advance

Regards,
Ashley.

sankar_MF · New User Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 29

Hi,

1. For the First case, you can use exclude command to remove the header and trailer.

In the Command Line, use the command X all 'string indentification of header/trailer and its position' and then issue "del all X " command.

For example if your header/trailer starts with the special characters '*'
you have to use the command as

X all '*' 1 and then (1 is the position the of the character "*")
del all X in the command line.

it will hide all the statements with "*" symbol in the 1st position.

2. For the second, i don't know the exact command. But if you replace the particular string by spaces, you can hide it.

C all "string" ' '

Please get me back if you have any concerns.

Thanks
Sankar

ofer71 · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:49 am

Just to make it clear: sankar_MF's suggestions contains ISPF edit commands, not TSO commands.

O.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:50 am

Hello,

If you change the string from "thestring" to ' ' you have destroyed "thestring". It will no longer exist.

What kind of string do you need to hide?

If you want to exclude the headings, make sure the value you use can ONLY occur in the headings. Need to be sure not to delete any of the "records" just because they have a value that is typically in the heading(s).