HP 3000 Manuals

SORT-MERGE/XL General Users Guide

Using File Equations in SORT/XL 

An alternative method for designating the input and output files is to
establish file equations at the MPE XL colon prompt (:)  before you
access the SORT/XL subsystem.  Then when you access SORT/XL, you need
only enter the >KEY and >END commands, as follows:

          :FILE INPUT=EMPLOYEE    
          :FILE OUTPUT=COMPANY   
          :SORT   

          HP32214A.01.00  SORT/3000 WED, JUN  3, 1987, 11:15 AM
          (c) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1986

          >KEY 1, 11; 12, 11    
          >END   

             <<The SORT Statistics Appear Here>>

          :EDITOR   

          HP32201A.07.17 EDIT/3000 WED, JUN  3, 1987, 11:18 AM
          (c) HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. 1985
          /TEXT COMPANY   
          FILE UNNUMBERED
          /LIST ALL   

                             1         2         3         4
                   123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345

              1    ANDERSON   CHARLES    PRESIDENT          0247
              2    ANDERSON   CHARLES    SALES REP          3456
              3    ANDERSON   MARY       ACCOUNTANT         6345
              4    CARLSON    ROBERTA    TREASURER          3586
              5    FISHER     TOM        SHIPPING CLERK     7309
              6    JOHNSON    FRANCES    RECEPTIONIST       7943
              7    LANGE      ROBERT     ENGINEER           3235
              8    SMITH      HOWARD     DESIGNER           6794
              9    TAYLOR     HEATHER    SECRETARY          7272
             10    ZIMMER     ANDREW     ENGINEER           5739

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