Craig,



I think you need to "escape" the greater-than with an exclamation point as in:



FDE:SETVAR SPOOL_NBR "O1234"

FDE:SETVAR COPY_FROM,"awk '{$1 ='""; print }' " + RTRIM("!SPOOL_NBR") + ".OUT.HPSPOOL " +  ">"   + " " +  RTRIM("!SPOOL_NBR")

FDE:ECHO !COPY_FROM

<Displays nothing. A temporary file called O1234 is created>

FDE: !COPY_FROM

<Displays nothing. A temporary file called O1234 is created>



FDE:SETVAR COPY_FROM,"awk '{$1 ='""; print }' " + RTRIM("!SPOOL_NBR") + ".OUT.HPSPOOL " +  "!>"   + " " +  RTRIM("!SPOOL_NBR")

FDE:ECHO !COPY_FROM

awk '{$1 ='"; print }' O1234.OUT.HPSPOOL > O1234

FDE:!COPY_FROM

awk '{$1 ='"; print }' O1234.OUT.HPSPOOL > O1234

Unknown command name. (CIERR 975)



HTH



Thanks...François



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SETVAR COPY_FROM,"awk '{$1 ='""; print }' " + RTRIM("!SPOOL_NBR") &

                      + ".OUT.HPSPOOL " +  ">"   + " " +  RTRIM("!SPOOL_NBR") ECHO !COPY_FROM 



It all fails with the >

How do I pass the > as a string and not an operator?



Thanks!

-Craig



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