My requirement is : How to populate a empty PS/flat file with
ONLY spaces in the first line. You should not use any input
dataset to do this. I'm not sure whether you may use any
utility for this purpose?
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Answer / walkin
Use a sort step with DISP=SHR and use OUTREC to put SPACES
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Answer / abhijit18in2002
//ABCDEFGX JOB ,'SELCOPY ',
// CLASS=D,
// MSGCLASS=Q,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//STEP01 EXEC PGM=SELCOPY,REGION=4096K
//STEPLIB DD DSN=SYS3.SELCOPY.LOAD,DISP=SHR
//INP1 DD DSN=BOND.UTIL.SAMP,DISP=SHR
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION W=1000
MOVE 80 AT 1 TO 100
WRITE F=INP1 FROM 100
/*
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