BSORT - multi-purpose sort command.

Syntax:

bsort file [file]* [>outfile] [option]*

Options:

file
is a file containing data to be sorted. If several such input files are specified, the contents of all the files are included in the sort.
>outfile
directs the sorted output into the given file. If no "outfile" is specified, output is sent to the terminal. The output file may be the same as one of the input files.

Description:

BSORT sorts the contents of one or more system standard format files according to one or more keys. There are many ways of specifying where these keys are located in the records being sorted. The following links provide additional information.

General command line options
Collating sequence options
Key options
Position descriptors
Error handling
Examples
Notes
Using BSORT in batch

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