On IBM i all files are are also databases, so you could just define the length of all the fields in the file, then it's a SQL database ready for use. No need fo

On IBM i all files are are also databases, so you could just define the length of all the fields in the file, then it's a SQL database ready for use. No need for a program to parse it. Just define a file, copy the incoming file to that file. Ready to be handled with SQL. Fixed length records are trivial on the platform.