I am familiar with EBCDIC and ASCII conversion with dd. Currently I need to convert a mainframe tape in EBCDIC with packed decimal format into ASCII. dd does not handle packed decimal format. Does anyone know of a utilitie that does? Paul Hamm Manager Technical Services Open Ratings Inc 617-582-5124 www.openratings.com -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list