Re: Deleting Records within a CSV file on the IFS

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,

>         Do I have to read the original file and write it back out
> excluding the records I don't want? Or is there a better way?

Yes, that's exactly what you have to do.   Depending on the situation, 
you may be able to use a utility like grep or awk to do it for you, but 
one way or another, you're going to have to read the entire file and 
write out a new file.

(Or use some kind of "field value" that identifies that a particular 
line should be "skipped")

This is pretty much the way all text files work... in fact, almost every 
computer document, aside from a database, works this way. (Actually, 
databases work this way, too... except that they manage the "special 
field values" under the covers so you never see them.)