Answer / kavya

Write a sort step to sort the entire file. Write another
sort step with the following sort card
SORT FIELDS=COPY,
STOPAFT=200
END

Answer / sudeep

sorry kavya is right.I haven't red the first part.sorting
the file completely at first.

Answer / felix

sorry. my previous answer is wrong.
use the following coding in JCL.
First u should sort the file using sort pgm. enter the
sorted file path in input data set.

//SYSIN DD*
REPRO
INDATASET(WRITE THE INPUT PATH)
OUTDATASET(WRITE THE OUTPUT PATH)
COUNT(200)

Answer / chinmay

//job1 job 65493,jena,class=a prty=9
//step1 exec pgm=sort
//sysprint dd sysout=*
//indd dd dsn=file1.cob, disp= shr
//outdd dd dsn=file2.cob, disp=(new,catlg,delete)
// unit=sysda,space=(cyl,4,2),rlse)
//sysin dd *
sort fields=(2,4,ch,a)
/*
//step2 exec pgm=idcams
//sysprint dd sysout=*
//sysin dd *
repro -
infile(indd)
outfile(outdd)
count(200)
/*
//

Answer / sivakumar sekharannair

Kavya's answer is correct.
i used the following control card
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(1,3,CH,A),
STOPAFT=8

Input file contained the following records
IMSDEVELOPER CSAA
IMSPRODSUPPORTXEROX
IMSTESTER EMDAC
IMSDEVELOPER CSAA
CICPRODSUPPORTXEROX
IMSTESTER EMDAC

The output i got was

CICPRODSUPPORTXEROX
DB2PRODSUPPORTEMDAC
IMSDEVELOPER XEROX
IMSDEVELOPER CSAA
IMSDEVELOPER CSAA
IMSPRODSUPPORTXEROX
IMSTESTER EMDAC
IMSTESTER EMDAC

Answer / sivakumar sekharannair

The input records shown in the above message contained a
few records9total 10 records) also which was misset while
cut/copy

Answer / lachchu

Can you please write C code for the same ?

Answer / satish

hi to all
the example is useful to our requirement,example is i have
some records and i sort it and first 5 records to be placed
in o/p file
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTIN DD *
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
/*
//OUT DD dsn=output file*
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(1,1,CH,D)
outfil fnames=out,endrec=5
/*

Answer / msm

//SYSIN DD *
DEBUG ABEND
SORT FIELDS=(8,11,CH,A)
SORT FIELDS=COPY,STOPAFT=200
END

Answer / jeeva225

sort fields=copy
outfil files=1,startrec=1,endrec=200

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