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Hi

I have a requirement to separate records from input file based on a string (Not constant)

I have two input files - one file having record with a string and another input file with multiple records

Input file 1

0001AAAAAAA --- This AAAAAAA can be any string (it is not a constant). Now I want to search in File2 with this string to find records that match the string and want to separate out matched records into another file

Ex: If AAAAAAA = 8765432 ---- this is an example, I dont have any clue what value varialbe AAAAAAA holds exactly

Input file 2

00016543217
00026543217
00036543217
00048765432
00058765432
00068765432

My output should look like

00048765432
00058765432
00068765432


Thanks in advance,
Radhika

What is the RECFM and LRECL of your input file?

What is the starting position and length of the string in input file1? Does it start in position 5 after the 0001, or is the 0001 really not in the record, so the string starts at position 1?

Is the 0001, 0002, etc really in input file2?