SORT Command

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SORT Command

The SORT command sorts the selection list and displays the sysout/report, identifier, archive date and time, location, lines, pages, job name, job number, generation, exception code, and more. You can sort up to two fields, the syntax of the sort command is as follows.

SORT field1 field2

This table identifies the field name that can be referenced on the SORT command, and the predefined sort sequence used to order the data.

Field Name	Sort sequence	Description
ACCESS\|ACCDATE	Descending	Sort by last access date and time
C\|CLASS	Ascending	Sort by print class
DATE\|ARCDATE	Descending	Sort by archive date and time
DESC	Ascending	Sort by description
DEST	Ascending	Sort by print destination
FORMS	Ascending	Sort by print forms
GEN	Ascending	Sort by generation number
ID\|REPORT\|SYSOUT	Ascending	Sort by sysout/report identifier
JOB/JOBNAME	Ascending	Sort by job name
JOBID	Ascending	Sort by job number
LINES	Ascending	Sort by number of lines
LOC\|LOCATION	Ascending	Sort by report location
ORG\|ORIGIN	Ascending	Sort by report origin
PAGES	Ascending	Sort by number of pages
PRINT\|PRTDATE	Descending	Sort by print date and time
READER\|RDRDATE	Descending	Sort by reader date and time
TAPE\|TAPESEQ	Ascending	Sort by tape sequence number
USERFLD	Ascending	Sort by user comments
XCODE	Ascending	Sort by exception code

To sort the selection list by job name, enter:

Command ===> sort job

To sort the selection list by archive date, time and pages, enter:

Command ===> sort date pages

After the list is sorted, use the LOCATE command to review the list based on the first or the sort field. For example, if the list is sorted by jobname, the "LOCATE PROD" command will scroll the list to this entry or to any entry with a jobname of PROD.

If the Sort command is entered without any field, the standard dynamic list which is sequenced by SYSOUT or report identifier will be displayed.