JCL

JOINKEYS File Match and Comparison

The JOINKEYS File Match utility help in comparing two files. JOINKEYS File Match operation is controlled by JOINKEYS, JOIN, and…

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OUTFIL control statement in SORT JCL

The OUTFIL control statement describes the output file(s) and the processing to be done on the output records. OUTFIL processing…

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MERGE control statement use in SORT

The MERGE control statement must be used when a merge operation is to be performed; this statement describes the control…

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INREC control statement use in SORT

The INREC control statements allow users to reformat an input record before processing. The user can  Define the parts of…

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GDG – Generation Data Groups operations in JCL

GDG Stands for ‘Generation data group’ & is used to catalog a group of datasets that have common and similar…

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COUNT Function: Count number of records in a file

COUNT function can be used to print messages containing the count of records in a data set. It can also…

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ACCEPT n records with OUTFIL SORT utility

ACCEPT parameter is an OUTFIL option that limit the number of input records accepted for OUTFIL processing. A record is…

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IFTRAIL – Trailer record update using SORT

IFTRAIL parameter is used to update count and total values in an existing trailer (last) record to reflect the actual…

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S0C Abends – S0C1 S0C4 S0C5 S0C7

Two types of abend codes, user abends and system abends (S0C Abends). User abends format is Unnnn, where nnnn is a decimal…

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TIME parameter use & S322 Abend in JCL

TIME parameter specifies the maximum amount of time that step may use the processor or to find out through messages…

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