Comments on: Data Extract http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/data-extract/ Wed, 22 May 2013 05:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/data-extract/#comment-81432 tomliotta Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:43:33 +0000 #comment-81432 A streamfile in the IFS, such as a .CSV or pipe-delimited file, can be viewed with the DSPF command or through the ‘View’ option of the WRKLNK command. While viewing the streamfile, you can press <F10=Display Hex>. (You can also use the DMP command to dump a streamfile to a spooled file, but this can create a lot of output for a large streamfile.)

The hexadecimal output can show you exactly what character is being used for a delimiter.

Tom

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