HP 3000 Manuals

SORT-MERGE/XL General Users Guide

Using the Terminal as the Input File and the Output File 

It is possible to enter data to be sorted with the SORT/XL subsystem
without creating an input file and have the sort results displayed on the
terminal screen.

To input data and have it immediately displayed on the terminal screen,
use the * (for $STDIN) parameter of the SORT/XL >INPUT command and the
$STDLIST parameter of the SORT/XL >OUTPUT command.

In the following example, when you enter the >END command, the system
prompts you with a question mark (?).  List the data you want sorted and
enter the :EOD command to terminate the input records.  The input data is
sorted and the results displayed on your terminal screen.

          :SORT   

          HP32214A.01.00  SORT/3000 WED, JUN  3, 1987, 10:20 AM
          (c) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1986

          >INPUT *   
          >OUTPUT $STDLIST   
          >KEY 1, 4   
          >END    
          ?GLOBE    
          ?APPLE    
          ?BANANA  
          ?1234   
          ?3456    
          ?2345   
          ?:eod    
          1234
          2345
          3456
          APPLE
          BANANA
          GLOBE

             <<The SORT Statistics Appear Here>>

          :

When you designate the terminal as the input file (* for $STDIN) and the
output file ($STDLIST), the system does not generate a system file or
keep any permanent record of the sort results.

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