On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 17:20:40 -0500, Ed Finnell wrote: >Before there was Rexx we'd do Clists for this stuff. As SPF/ISPF rolled >out(and Rexx) File Tailoring became the easiest for us. Full screen input with > formatting and range checking. The driver could be any ISPF friendly >language;i.e; Rexx, ASM, Cobol, PL/1 or Clist. > It's mind-boggling that OS/360 survived without an "echo" utility until z/OS 2.1 almost removes the motivation. "Almost" insofar as symbol substitution reformats the record so an arbitrary substring of blanks may be unattainable.
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