SORT JCL to sort in Char format If you wish to SORT on positions with specific format in desired sequence. You can use the following The above card will sort the input file from 1st to 15th position with character format in ascending order Example JCL is provided below. ; ; ; ; //SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=USERID.ABC.INPFILE, //SORTOUT DD DSN=USERID.ABC.OUTFILE, // SPACE=(TRK,(30,10),RLSE), // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0,DSORG=PS) //SORTWK01 DD UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(20,5),RLSE) //SORTWK02 DD UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(20,5),RLSE) //SORTWK03 DD UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(CYL,(20,5),RLSE)