IEBEDIT (Edit Job Stream) Program

You can use IEBEDIT to create a data set containing a selection of jobs or job steps. These jobs or job steps can be entered into the job stream at a later time for processing.

You can edit and selectively copy an input job stream to an output data set by using IEBEDIT. The program can copy:

An entire job or jobs, including JOB statements and any associated JOBLIB statements, and JES2 or JES3 control statements.
Selected job steps, including the JOB statement, JES2 or JES3 control statements following the JOB statement, and any associated JOBLIB statements.

All selected JOB statements, JES2 or JES3 control statements, JOBLIB statements, jobs, or job steps are placed in the output data set in the same order in which they appear in the input data set. A JES2 or JES3 control statement or a JOBLIB statement will be copied only if it follows a selected JOB statement.

When IEBEDIT encounters a selected job step containing an input record having the characters "..*" (period, period, asterisk) in columns 1 through 3, the program automatically converts that record to a termination statement (/* statement) and places it in the output data set.

A "/*nonblank" indicates a JES2 or JES3 control statement.