> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Merge - exclude blank lines > > I have a job that merges two files. One of those files was empty in a > run (or produced a blank line), and the merged file started off with a > blank line. > > That blank line made the subsequent job abort (thinking the file was > empty). I could change that program or maybe change the sort to > eliminate that blank line. > > How would I change this sort? > > MERGE FIELDS=(3,49,A, > 1,2,A, > 52,15,A), > FORMAT=CH,SIZE=E100000
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