Category: SORT

This SORT example is to add Header and Trailer to the sorted file along with the total number of records. Header –> A Name along with the current System date Trailer–> A static message along with number of input records count Example Sort Card: //JOBRPT09 JOB MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=X //********************************************************************** //* ADDING HEADER AND TRAILER ALONG WITH

JCL Trick to write the output file in reverse order of input using SORT. If the input file has some records in Random order ( not in sorted order) and if the out file needs to be written exactly in reverse order. This can be achieved by using the SORT Overlay along with OUTREC BUild.