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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Hardee, Charles H
>
> My ISPF says SORT x y will sort using the data from column x
> to column y, not length y. Also, you can have multiple
> "keys", SORT a b c d will sort on columns a thru b then c
> thru d. You can also say SORT i j A l m D which will sort
> based on columns I thru j ASCENDING and then l thru m DESCENDING.
Yes; I corrected myself in a subsequent reply. And thanks for verifying
that multiple "keys" and reverse collating sequence are both available.
I was going to test that myself, but I'm having too much "fun"
misspelling various things in the jcl for some adhoc SMF reports I'm
"designing".
-jc-
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