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Re: ebcdic Conversion Question
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Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:54:30 -0400
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> dd if=file.ebcidic of=file.ascii conv=ascii

One thing that (I think) that dd does not do that FCOPY does is to exclude
areas in your record from the conversion. Numbers in binary format are binary
in EBCIDIC or ASCII and should not be converted. If all of your numbers are in
DISPLAY format then you should be OK.

Mark W.

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