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if a file has 1000 recods how copy the records from 1 to 100
records using sort

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if a file has 1000 recods how copy the records from 1 to 100 records using sort..

Answer / shazia

We can do by Sort, i.e Use "Stop after 100" command in Sort.

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if a file has 1000 recods how copy the records from 1 to 100 records using sort..

Answer / bhaskar reddy

//sysin dd*
sort fields=copy
stopaft=100
/*

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if a file has 1000 recods how copy the records from 1 to 100 records using sort..

Answer / rv rocks

using iceman utility we can copy the 1st 100 records .
//sysin dd *
option copy, stopaft=100
/*

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if a file has 1000 recods how copy the records from 1 to 100 records using sort..

Answer / sharath

u can also use include cond statment to do this

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