Look up the SEQNUM operand in your sort reference -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Schmitt, Michael Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 1:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Generate a data set with record numbers?
I want to generate a data set that has the record number on each line, such as: RECORD 1 RECORD 2 RECORD 3 Or RECORD 00001 RECORD 00002 RECORD 00003 Perhaps I want to generate 1,000 records. Or 10,000. The question is, what's the simplest way to do this with a *standard* z/OS utility (i.e. that comes with z/OS), or with a standard sort product (e.g. DFSORT or SyncSort), where it is all in a self-contained job? I thought of IEBDG or IEBGENER but I don't see where you can tell it to generate a sequence number in the records it is building. Is it there and I'm just missing it? I came up with two solutions: A. IEBGENER to copy instream REXX into a PDS, then IRXJCL to execute it. The REXX exec generates the records. Or B. IEBDG to generate a file of N records that just say "RECORD", followed by a SORT that uses INREC to modify the record to contain the RECNUM. The sort would just copy the records. Both of these solutions are two steps. I'm curious if there's a simpler solution that I haven't thought of. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
