Is your input file RECFM fixed or variable? If fixed, how do you determine how much of the record is valid? Is there some reason DFSORT must be used to do this (as opposed to REXX or some Unix command)?
>-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Ron Thomas >Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 11:28 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: DFSORT (File Reformat) > >Hello > >We have a input file of length 80 bytes, in this file from the 3'rd >position the 4 byte data is defined as a array of 19 occurence. The last >2 bytes is of character data. > >We need to reformat this file, there is a chance that data may occure >only say 10 times. > >Here we need to put "0" in front of the data only if data is present in >the layout from position 3. No need to put any data in front if there is >no file data for e.g say in position "51" > >e.g INPUT FILE :- XX123478965456 > OUTPUT FILE : XX012340789605456 > >Pls let me know how this to be done using SORT ? No issume if the >length of the file is modified by this process ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
