Converting any file from one code page to another

  • Post category:Utilities
  • Reading time:1 min read

The easiest way on z/OS to convert a file from one code page to another is to use the standard unix iconv utility. The sample below is using a traditional batch job, but you can see it can just as easily be run from a shell environment or a shell script. //STEP1 EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH //STDERR DD SYSOUT=* //STDPARM DD * SH iconv -f UTF-8 -t IBM-1140 inputfile.utf8 outputfile.ebcdic /* // ebcdic - Windows SH iconv -f IBM-1140 -t IBM-1252 inputfile.ebcdic outputfile.ibm1252 // Windows - ebcdic SH iconv -f IBM-1252 -t IBM-1140 inputfile.ibm1252 outputfile.ibm1140 // ebcdic - utf8 SH iconv -f IBM-1140 -t UTF-8 inputfile.ebcdic outputfile.utf8 //

Code page conversion of a file in a batch job

  • Post category:JCLUtilities
  • Reading time:1 min read

In this post a sample of how to perform a code page conversion of z/OS Unix files in a batch job. The different iconv utility lines show invocation for different code pages. //*                                      //STEP1    EXEC PGM=BPXBATCH    //STDERR   DD SYSOUT=*   //STDPARM  DD   *              SH  iconv -f UTF-8 -t IBM-1140 < inutf8 > outebc  /*                                                      //                SH  iconv -f IBM-1140 -t IBM-1252 < inebc > out1252  //   SH  iconv -f IBM-1252 -t IBM-1140 < in1252 > out1140  //     SH  iconv -f IBM-1140 -t UTF-8 < inebc > oututf8  //