{smcl} {* *! version 1.25 17 November 2021}{...} documentation file for {cmd:nepsmgmt}{right:Version 1.25 (17 November 2021)} {hline} {title:Title} {phang} {bf:NEPSmgmt} {hline 2} data management tools developed for NEPS Scientific Use File generation {title:Description} {pstd} {bf:NEPSmgmt} are a bundle of Stata commands for data and file management developed in the process of generating {browse "https://www.neps-data.de/":NEPS} Scientific Use Files. {break}While quite appropriate for this purpose, some of these commands may serve other purposes, so feel free to use them at your own risk.{p_end} {title:Remarks} {pstd} NEPSmgmt currently consists of the commands {cmd:bracketfill}, {cmd:convertdata}, {cmd:esave}, {cmd:euse} , {cmd:extractfilename}, {cmd:filesearch}, {cmd:metacollapse}, {cmd:regexunab}, {cmd:safeappend}, {cmd:safemerge}, {cmd:statacmds}, {cmd:strimplify}, {cmd:stringcompliance}, {cmd:useold} and {cmd:saveascii}. {pstd} The source code of all NEPSmgmt programs is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. The corresponding license text can be found on the internet at {browse "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"} or in {help gnugpl}. {title:Author} {pstd} LIfBi Research Data Center ({browse "mailto:fdz@lifbi.de":fdz@lifbi.de}), Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Germany. Contact: Daniel Bela. {title:Also see} {psee} {space 2}Help: {help bracketfill}, {help convertdata}, {help esave}, {help euse}, {help extractfilename}, {help filesearch}, {help metacollapse}, {help regexunab}, {help safeappend}, {help safemerge}, {help statacmds}, {help strimplify}, {help stringcompliance}, {help useold} and {help saveascii}{p_end} {psee} {space 2}NEPStools: handy tools to work with NEPS dataset files - {stata "net describe nepstools, from(http://nocrypt.neps-data.de/stata)"}{p_end}