Top "Syncsort" questions

IBM mainframe sorting product, available elsewhere alongside data-protection and backup solutions

Compare two files and write it to "match" and "nomatch" files

I have two input files, each with length of 5200 bytes. A seven byte key is used to compare both files, …

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JCL SYNCSORT: OMIT and INCLUDE are not interchangeable?

I'm getting different output for these two sort cards, can someone tell me why? 1. INCLUDE COND=((1,3,CH,NE,C'ABC',AND,5,3,…

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How to copy only selected column of input file to output file in jcl sort

I am trying to copy data at position (50,10) of my input file to an output file, but I am having …

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How can I use SYNCSORT to format a Packed Decimal field with a specifc sign value?

I want to use SYNCSORT to force all Packed Decimal fields to a negative sign value. The critical requirement is …

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How to get the records count using Syncsort?

MY requirement is to get same record counts using JCL - Syncsort. MY Input File contains the packed decimal values …

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Need the last entry while using XSUM in SYNCSORT JCL

I have some data like below: This is not the actual data, but actual data is similar to this. And, …

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