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Using File Equations in SORT/XL

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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



Using the Terminal as the Input File and the Output File

Chapter 4 Using MERGE/XL Interactively