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Faizanazam
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Hi ,
Is there a way to identify if a mainframe file is Binary or ASCII ?
We have to SFTP the file from Mainframe to Windows server and file is coming from different application , its a huge file and we are not sure if any data can be binary or not ,
Just checking , if there is any easy way to find out. |
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Joerg.Findeisen
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| In any case it's binary, but may contain only EBCDIC/ASCII characters. |
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Joerg.Findeisen
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| If you have DFSORT in your shop, and z/OS 2.4+, you can try a RegEx against the dataset. Make use of character class [:cntrl:] |
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sergeyken
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| Joerg.Findeisen wrote: |
| If you have DFSORT in your shop, and z/OS 2.4+, you can try a RegEx against the dataset. Make use of character class [:cntrl:] |
Also, you can try to open the dataset in ISPF VIEW/EDIT session. For non-EBCDIC data you'll see the message about "non-printable characters".
ASCII data are not considered as valid text data in z/OS. |
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Joerg.Findeisen
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| Thanks for the update. ISPF of course can also be used, have a look on the available pattern masks. |
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