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raj_mainframe08
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| Hi, Is there a way to convert a file from EBCDIC to ASCII file using JCL? |
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Robert Sample
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| Nope. JCL does nothing but execute programs. If you'd said you wanted to convert the file with a program or utility, THAT can be done -- but not using JCL. |
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raj_mainframe08
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| Is there any utility like sysncsort or some IBM utility that can be use to convert a file from EBCDIC to ASCII file using JCL? |
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Robert Sample
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| Unix System Services command iconv is designed to do code page conversions, including EBCDIC and ASCII, and can be run via a batch job. |
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raj_mainframe08
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| I need something that can be run in mainframe batch..Is there a sample JCL for it? |
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Robert Sample
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| Look in the Unix System Services commands manual for how to run batch Unix System Services commands. The same manual gives you the syntax for the iconv command. |
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dominickim
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Hello raj_mainframe08,
If you have SORT, try ALTSEQ |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Why do you believe you need to create an ascii file on the mainframe? |
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dominickim
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Hello Dick,
That is what I wanted to know, too.
If I put some alphabetics as an input, I got like:
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---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
|+ + + < (+|+- &< ) .
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- + + - + | |(( + +| < < + < | +
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ***********************
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dick scherrer
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Hello Dominic,
Maybe raj_mainframe08 will clarify. . . |
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Frank Yaeger
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| Is there any utility that can be use to convert a file from EBCDIC to ASCII |
With z/OS DFSORT V1R10 PTF UK90025 or z/OS DFSORT V1R12 PTF UK90026 (Oct,2010), you can now use DFSORT's new TRAN=ETOA function to convert characters from EBCDIC to ASCII.
For complete details on the new functions for DFSORT and DFSORT's ICETOOL available with the Oct, 2010 PTF, see:
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=114&uid=isg3T7000242 |
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