Re: creating ifs fixed length text file with unusual requirement

>> "truncate" was my first thought but, from what I can see, it doesn't exist in PASE.
I have it on mine, it is in the ibm repo.

-bash-5.2$ man dd
-bash-5.2$ man truncate
-bash-5.2$ man truncate
-bash-5.2$ which truncate
/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/truncate
-bash-5.2$ yum whatprovides truncate
ibm                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
ibmi-base                                                                                                                                                                                                        
ibmi-release                                                                                                                                                                                                    
seiden_stable                                                                                                                                                                                                 
seiden_stable_74                                                                                                                                                                                            
seiden_stable_81                                                                                                                                                                                            
seiden_stable_83                                                                                                                                                                                            
seiden_stable_84                                                                                                                                                                                            
coreutils-gnu-8.25-6.ppc64 : GNU coreutils
Repo        : ibm
Matched from:
Filename    : /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/truncate



coreutils-gnu-9.5-4.ppc64 : GNU coreutils
Repo        : ibmi-base
Matched from:
Filename    : /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/truncate



coreutils-gnu-9.5-4.ppc64 : GNU coreutils
Repo        : @ibmi-base
Matched from:
Filename    : /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/truncate