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Melvyn Jacobs
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Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Posts: 7
Location: Australia
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Hi
I want to use FileAid to change ONLY the 1st 3 records in a file on specified criteria, e.g. if I have
// a1-b2-c3
// z1-x1-b2-a1
// b2-a1
// xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-b2-a1
I want to change a1 to a9 & b2 to b9 anywhere on the JUST the first 3 lines, so I get
// a9-b9-c3
// z1-x1-b9-a9
// b9-a9
// xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-b2-a1
thx
MJ |
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Anuj Dhawan
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
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Location: Mumbai, India
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At the moment - I don't have File-Aid available to me, however, try this (untested):
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//SYSIN DD *
$$DD01 UPDATE EA=(1,0,T"a1",C"a9"),
EA=(1,0,T"b2",C"b9"),OUT=3 |
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Anuj Dhawan
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| OTOH, if you can use SORT (SyncSort or DFSort) -- FINDREP can be very handy for the question in this thread of yours. |
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Melvyn Jacobs
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Location: Australia
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I did it in 2 steps, with a combination of OUT to change the 1st 3 records to 1 file, and DROP to drop the 1st 3 and copy the rest to another, and then recombined
Thx
MJ |
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Anuj Dhawan
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That's another way of doing this.
Thanks for the follow up, glad you got it working!  |
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robert, galambos
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Location: canada
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this can be done by using the options panel within selection criteria and specifying the number of records you want to select.
you achieve the same results in both online or batch |
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