RE: cpyfrmimpf null dilemma ?

On Unix could you run a vi or awk command to fill in the nulls by scanning
for groups of two commas.  According to our Unix Sys Admin the command:

sed "s/,,/,0,/g" < inputfile > outputfile

would create a new file with the nulls replaced with zeros.  If you needed
blanks you could use the same sed command above substituting 0 with ' '

-Jim

James P. Damato
Manager - Technical Administration
Dollar General Corporation
<mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>


-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Rowe [mailto:martin@dbg400.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:16 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: cpyfrmimpf null dilemma ?


On Wednesday 22 January 2003 10:01 pm, Draper, Dale wrote:
> I think DBG400(freeware) has a utility for this.
> http://www.dbg400.net/

Actually I've only got tools for going the other way - an alternative to 
CPYTOIMPF. I do have a csv parser routine that takes in a line and passes 
out an array with the individual fields, stripped of the quoting 
character (whatever it is) and an indication of which fields those were. 
It's on my to-do list to bundle this up into a proper tool, but it hasn't 
happened yet. Would the parser be of any use?

Regards, Martin 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Truax [mailto:truax@telerama.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:56 PM
> To: ML - Midrange Email List
> Subject: cpyfrmimpf null dilemma ?
>
>
> Hey all,
> Trying to copy a very attractive and massive file that I got from a
> UNIX box to my AS400.
> However this "very attractive" file has the dreaded "nulls" disease.
> Them voids between the commas are killing this!
>
> Meaning
> ,,data,,data,,0,1
> ,data,,data,2,,3
>
> What shall I do to get this file to happily travel the "cpyfrmimpf"
> route to my matching AS400 database file ??
> Now the "cpyfrmimpf" is griping about the "nulls" ...any suggestions
> from you smart individuals is greatly appreciated ???
>
> Tim  :-)
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