TRUNCATE Operand

The TRUNCATE operand gives the maximum length of a printed line of output and indicates that input longer than the specified length be truncated. To use the TRUNCATE operand, issue the PRINTDS command with:

The DATASET operand immediately followed by the data set name enclosed in parentheses.
The TRUNCATE operand followed by the column-width of the line enclosed in parentheses.

Example
To print data set PREFIX.TEST.DATA with only the first 30 columns of each input line, enter: `PRINTDS DATASET(test.data) TRUNCATE(30)`

Note: If neither the FOLD nor TRUNC operand is specified, the default line length is the length of the maximum input line.