>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Hamm <paulhamm@OpenRatings.com> writes: Paul> I am familiar with EBCDIC and ASCII conversion with dd. Currently I Paul> need to convert a mainframe tape in EBCDIC with packed decimal format Paul> into ASCII. dd does not handle packed decimal format. Does anyone Paul> know of a utilitie that does? Google, when searched with the phrase linux packed decimal, gives many hits, including a sample program for the EBCDIC > ASCII conversion part of the problem. I'm sure a bit of searching will yield results for you... Ed -- Ed Bailey Red Hat, Inc. http://www.redhat.com/ -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list