File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to
copy 50 records which r in both file into file3

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file int..

Answer / harsha

Give both input files in concatenation to SORTIN.
SORT FIELDS=NONE,XSUM

This will copy all duplicate records from both files to
SORTXSUM dataset.

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file int..

Answer / madhavi chava

This can be coded as given below

//SORT1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTJNF1 DD *
00000111111 000001234567 LOCAL =====
00000333333 000003456789 LOCAL =====
00000555555 000005678901 EXTRN =====
00000666666 000006789012 EXTRN =====
00000777777 000007890123 LOCAL =====
//SORTJNF2 DD *
00000222222 000002345678 ===== BCDEF
00000444444 000004567890 =====
DEFGH
00000666666 000006789012 ===== FGHIJ
00000888888 000008901234 ===== HIJKL
00000999999 000009012345 ===== JKLMN
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
JOINKEYS FILES=F1,FIELDS=(1,11,A,13,12,A)
JOINKEYS FILES=F2,FIELDS=(1,11,A,13,12,A)
REFORMAT FIELDS=(F1:1,31,F2:32,5)
SORT FIELDS=COPY

output of the file3
00000666666 000006789012 EXTRN FGHIJ

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file int..

Answer / harsha

correction to the above.
it is SUM FIELDS=NONE instead of SORT FIELDS

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file int..

Answer / mani

First need to sort both files
READ FILE1
READ FILE2
PERFORM UNTIL EOF = 'Y'
IF FILE1-ID > FILE2-ID THEN
READ FILE2 AT END MOVE 'Y' TO EOF
ELSE IF FILE1-ID < FILE2-ID
READ FILE1 AT END MOVE 'Y' TO EOF
ELSE IF FILE1-ID = FILE2-ID
WRITE FILE3
READ FILE1 AT END MOVE 'Y' TO EOF
READ FILE2 AT END MOVE 'Y' TO EOF
END-PERFORM

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file int..

Answer / kamaldeep

We can't use SUM FIELDS=NONE,XSUM as mentioned by Harsha.
if we merge 2 files then it may be the case that input file already has duplicate records, so it will not give required output.

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file int..

Answer / ayusman

First you have to join the two files with help of JOJNKEYS
in jcl sort . after that copy first 50 records by using
sort utility

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File1 has 100 records and file2 has 200 records i want to copy 50 records which r in both file int..

Answer / muttaiah

Hi Ayusman,
I hope u didn't get the question properly.
Question.
file1: (3 records assumption)
100 ayusman
200 muttaiah
300 allinterview

File 2: (3 records
400 google
500 yahoo
100 ayusman

File3:
100 ayusman

This is what the question is, they want all the duplicates
in both file1 & file2 in file3(first 50 records).

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