SORT

CHANGE Input Data using SORT Lookup

CHANGE in OUTREC statement can be used to look up and change the content in the file while sorting. Build…

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INCLUDE OMIT Substring Comparison using SORT

INCLUDE OMIT Substring Comparison You can use the INCLUDE OMIT Substring Comparison statement in conjunction with other options to select/omit…

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FTOV – Convert FB file to VB file format

You can convert an FB data set to a VB data set with OUTFIL's FTOV parameter. Each VB output record…

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VTOF – Convert VB file to FB file format

The VTOF utility is a tool designed to perform the conversion from VB to FB format. It is commonly used…

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VLSCMP and VLSHRT use in VB file

VLSCMP and VLSHRT are the utilities used with VB files. In VB records always add 4 to the starting position.…

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PARM: How to use in SORT JCL with examples

DYNALLOC PARM: This option requests the dynamic allocation of SORTWK data sets. DYNALLOC=OFF can be specified to override a DYNALLOC=ON…

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SEQNUM: How to use in SORT JCL with examples

SEQNUM creates & inserts sequence numbers in the output record. The sequence numbers are assigned in the order in which…

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ICETOOL : Matching records from different data sets

ICETOOL is a batch front-end utility that uses the capabilities of DFSORT toperform the operations you request. Input and output…

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Fill Method: Paired and unpaired records

Fill Method Paired and unpaired records - This example illustrates an alternative way to create three output files; paired F1/F2…

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Indicator method: Paired and unpaired records

Indicator method: Paired and unpaired records - This example illustrates how you can create three output files; paired F1/F2 records,…

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Unpaired records F2 using SORT Utility

Unpaired records F2: This example illustrates how you can select only unpaired records from one of two files. In this…

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Paired records F1 using SORT

Paired records F1 - Below example illustrates how you can select only paired records from one of two files. In…

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Paired records with duplicates using SORT

Paired records with duplicates: This example illustrates how you can join paired records from two files, both of which have…

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Paired records without duplicates using SORT

Paired records without duplicates - ASA (formerly ANSI)control characters appear in Position 5 for variable-length records (just after the Record…

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JOINKEYS joining two files using SORT

JOINKEYS feature joins transactions/records from two different files based on certain keys (i.e. fields with common information). The SORTJNF1 and…

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STOPAFT SKIPREC condition in SORT JCL

In SORT JCL, the STOPAFT SKIPREC are two conditions that control the processing of input records. You can use the…

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INCLUDE OMIT condition in SORT JCL

You can use the INCLUDE OMIT statement in conjunction with other options to select/omit the number of records to be…

6 years ago