Do you want the whole file wrapped at col.72? Do you want each individual line spilt at col.72 and when the line ends, start on the next line?
There is ICETOOL, DFSORT, or ISPF Text Flow - it all depends on how you want the data split. Thank Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Charles Mills > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 9:37 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Breaking text file at position 72? > > This is not truly a mainframe question but I am sure everyone can see the > mainframe relevance and why it is a mainframe problem for me. Some of you > mainframers may have encountered the same problem. > > I have a text file on Windows with CR-LF only at paragraph boundaries. Some > of the lines are several thousand characters long. > > I would like to break the lines (intelligently -- at an English word > boundary) no later than column 72. > > Can anyone suggest a good method? This is a one-time chore so I don't want to > buy a product or install something off the CBT. I have all of normal SDSF of > course plus Notepad++ on Windows. > > Thanks! > > Charles > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
