Hi Frank,
If you read the thread on "file manipulation"
you will file examples of what you want.
The standard template for reading a file
is as follows,

setvar n finfo(hpstdin,"eof")
while setvar(n,n-1)>=0 and setvar(rec,input())>=""
   echo ![rec]
endwhile

The finfo tells you how many records are in HPSTDIN,
and the command file just counts down until all
records are processed..

This technique is only useful when the input file
is specified as the STDIN.

The max record length is 1022 bytes.

Cheers,
Tad


Eg.,
> file FILEC;rec=-125,10,f,ascii
> xeq CNV125CF FILEB < FILEA > *FILEC
>
> Command file CNV125CF :-
>
> parm fileb=FILEB
> print !hpfile;start=-4 > tempcf
> xeq tempcf.!hpgroup < !fileb
> setvar n finfo(hpstdin,"eof")
> while setvar(n,n-1)>=0
>    echo ![input()+rec!n]
> endwhile
> return
> setvar n finfo(hpstdin,"eof")
> while setvar(n,n-1)>=0
>    setvar rec!n  input()
> endwhile






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