>> So how may the programmer match a newline character? Paul,
As Mike mentioned, Data on z/OS data is governed by the LRECL. So, there is no newline character. If you are planning to parse out transferred binary data, then depending on where the file originated, you can use the equivalent Hex characters with \X Look at example2 here. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=expressions-regular-application-examples Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN