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MVS Utilities: An almost real-world example

MVS Utilities: An almost real-world example

I have been working on the open source MVSCommand and MVSUtils for awhile now (also available in pax format for those that just want to use the tools). But, it can be hard to understand without an example, so when I was looking at the Master the Mainframe contest the other day, I had some inspiration.

What is Master the Mainframe? IBM created Master the Mainframeseveral years ago as a contest…

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[srinimf]

Sorting Multiple Fields in DFSORT

Sorting Multiple Fields in DFSORT

Datastage+Oracle+Jobs Let us sort records in the bookstore data set by specifying multiple control fields. When you specify two or more control fields, you specify them in the order of greater to lesser priority. Note that control fields might overlap or be contained within other control fields. I want to sort in the following fields: Course department Course number Instructor’s last name…

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DFSORT – Skip and read selective records – SKIPREC and STOPAFT

This tutorial will teach you how to read selective lines from the beginning of a Physical Sequential file using SORT. Like many features, SORT provides two control keyword - SKIPREC and STOPAFT which can be used to skip records and read selective no of lines. SKIPREC=n : How many "n" lines to be skipped from…

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DFSORT – Simple sort with multiple columns using SORT FIELDS

This tutorial will teach you the very basics of IBM's DFSORT. DFSORT's main purpose is to sort, however it does a lot more than the sort - basically SORT can do almost any types of data processings. Lets say you have a sequential dataset (PS) with below data. It has 3 fields - a) employee…

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DFSORT MASTER

DFSORT MASTER

Tips And Tricks For DFSORT ZO/S

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