Answer / Tufan Singh

File-AID is a popular COBOL data manipulation tool used for managing large volumes of COBOL files. CHANGE-MAN is another tool used to manage changes in COBOL programs on the IBM z/OS platform. Here's a link to File-AID's documentation: <https://www.bcugroup.com/products/fileaid/>, and here's a link to CHANGE-MAN's documentation: <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKSJ_9.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v1r3.bndl.doc/rzgscd00/rzgscd010.htm>

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