Hope the dataset browse option (ISPF option) will tell you 'DATASET

How to find whether a Flat file is empty or not without
Reading a file in COBOL Program. (not using JCL)

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Hope the dataset browse option (ISPF option) will tell
you 'DATASET is EMPTY' if no records in the file.

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