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Line 8: The same is true of a ''tab'' character.   How a tab character is treated can be changed (or nullified) in some operating systems, and also application programs. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger\|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) This task seems to be ASCII-centric. This task seems to be ASCII-centric.   Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger\|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC)▼ * IBM mainframes (CMS & TSO mostly) don't use ''newline'' symbols within a file. * Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system. * CMS systems rarely use periods in the fileIDs   (they use ''filename filetype filemode''). ▲~~This task seems to be ASCII-centric.   Tab characters are different in an ASCII system vs. an EBCDIC system.~~ -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger\|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC) Not all file systems support the use of a period (dot) in the filename.   CMS for one, the file would be normally be named:   '''NOTES   TXT'''   with an appended ''filemode''   (most often,   '''A1'''). <br>Lower case is supported, but it's not recommended for ease-of-use. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger\|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:09, 2 March 2013 (UTC)