Pipe it through two sort commands? And does sort helpfully avoid rearranging records with the same key value?
Cheers, Martin Martin Packer WW z/OS Performance, Capacity and Architecture, IBM Technology Sales +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://mainframeperformancetopics.com Mainframe, Performance, Topics Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://anchor.fm/marna-walle Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA From: "Lionel B. Dyck" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 09/09/2021 12:25 Subject: [EXTERNAL] OMVS Sort Question Sent by: "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" <[email protected]> I know how to use sort - to a limited degree. This will wort a stem using the 2nd field and sort in reverse: call bpxwunix 'sort -r -k 2',in.,out.,msg. What I would like to do is to sort the 2nd field in reverse and then sort the 1st field in ascending - this does not seem possible. Any tips/pointers? Thanks Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - - - John Wooden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
