Examples of using AHLSORT to perform various file reformatting functions
AHLSORT runs from the Windows or Linux command line.
The general form of the AHLSORT commmand is:
/path-to/ahlsort control_specifications input_file_specifications output_file_specifications
where
- control_specifications
- is the name of the file containing the AHLSORT control cards
- input_file_specifications
- is the name (or names) of the input files and their optional dcb attributes
- output_file_specifications
- is the name (or names) of the output files and their optional dcb attributes
| Description | |
|---|---|
| View | Sort Fixed Length Records |
| View | Sort Variable Length Text Records |
| View | Sort Variable(IBM-V) Length Records |
| View | Sort Variable Length Records - Eliminate Duplicates |
| View | Sort Variable Pipe Delimited Records |
| View | Sort Variable Pipe Delimited Records enclosed by quotes |
| View | Copy Fixed Length Records and include only the Name field in the output file with OUTREC |
| View | Use INREC CHANGE to sort colors of the rainbow by color instead of alphabetical |