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can anyone explain me about sort in jcl with inrec and
outrec ?

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can anyone explain me about sort in jcl with inrec and outrec ?..

Answer / madhu s reddy

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//SYSIN DD *
INREC FIELDS=(5,10,15,2,23,4)
SORT FIELDS=(11,3,ZD,A)
OUTREC FIELDS=(1,10)
/*
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INREC option is used to select the part(s) of record from
input file for sorting(ie, vertical split of records).

OUTREC option is used to select the part(s) of record from
sort file and is copied into output file.

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can anyone explain me about sort in jcl with inrec and outrec ?..

Answer / challa srinivas

In short,INREC i used before SORT and OUTREC is used after SORT.

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