The following section presents the various SORT parms which can be used in various scenarios to achieve different results. Sorting through JCL can be handy when you wish to  create files for various needs without having to write a COBOL program.

 

SORT JCL to Copy all records

SORT JCL with STOPAFT

SORT JCL with SKIPREC

SORT JCL with STOPAFT and SKIPREC

SORT JCL to sort in Char format

SORT JCL with INCLUDE

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SORT JCL with OMIT

SORT JCL to filter data using INREC or OUTREC

SORT JCL to append data in a record using INREC or OUTREC

SORT JCL to put SPACES end of record using INREC or OUTREC

SORT JCL to Mask output data

SORT JCL to copy when location of matching data is not known

SORT JCL to SUM up values

SORT JCL to Split data using OUTFIL

COMMON JCL FOR SORT

JCL FOR SPLITTING DATA USING OUTFIL