My requirement is : How to populate a empty PS/flat file with ONLY spaces in

My requirement is : How to populate a empty PS/flat file with
ONLY spaces in the first line. You should not use any input
dataset to do this. I'm not sure whether you may use any
utility for this purpose?

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My requirement is : How to populate a empty PS/flat file with ONLY spaces in the first line. You ..

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Use a sort step with DISP=SHR and use OUTREC to put SPACES

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My requirement is : How to populate a empty PS/flat file with ONLY spaces in the first line. You ..

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//ABCDEFGX JOB ,'SELCOPY ',
// CLASS=D,
// MSGCLASS=Q,NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//STEP01 EXEC PGM=SELCOPY,REGION=4096K
//STEPLIB DD DSN=SYS3.SELCOPY.LOAD,DISP=SHR
//INP1 DD DSN=BOND.UTIL.SAMP,DISP=SHR
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
OPTION W=1000
MOVE 80 AT 1 TO 100
WRITE F=INP1 FROM 100
/*

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