On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:46:30 -0400, Bill Ashton wrote: > >Is there a way to not use ABSPOS=65, but instead to say I want to start >following a space after Col 60? In Rexx, I could say to use the 10th word, >but I don't want to change the SORT to Rexx now, as this input is doing a >number of different things. > I'd surely expect this to be a capability of SORT. I'll expect an expert to supply an answer shortly.
>Here is a sample of the file listing (with ` replacing blanks to keep >spacing intact): > >EZA2284I`-rw-r--r--```1`ftpuser``ftpusers```42160`Sep``2``2016`TESTFL1.BIN >EZA2284I`-rw-r--r--```1`ftpuser``ftpusers``442160`Nov`10`15:26`TEST2.TXT > Which is the good line and which the troublesome? Alignment appears the same to me. I'd expect a problem to arise when any file size is 10 MB or larger. Would nlist or QUOTE NLST show only the file names, avoiding the problem? >My output from the Sort is going to say >get /thisdirectory/TESTFL1.BIN //DD:LIST >get /thisdirectory/TEST2.TXT //DD:LIST > Does each GET appent to the result of the precious one, or overwrite? I'd expect BINARY for a .BIN and ASCII for a .TXT. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
