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<SORT.HLP
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^General command format for <SORT and <MERGE:
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^^VERB/GLOBAL-SW... IN.FIL/LOCAL-SW,... OUT.FIL/LOCAL-SW...\\
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^Shortest command format:
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^^S/R:n/K:n,m IN OUT\\
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^Verbs are:
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<EXIT	takes no arguments
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<HELP	takes no arguments
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<MERGE	see below
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<RUN (program) file-spec
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<SORT	see below
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<TAKE (commands from) file-spec (logging output on) file-spec
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<SORT and <MERGE ^Switches are:
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</RECORD:_<n_>	n = record size
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</KEY<:_<n_>,_<m_>,..	the first two arguments are mandatory
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_<n_>	position of first KEY character
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_<m_>	length of the KEY
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<ALPHANUMERIC	key data type
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<ASCENDING	key collating order
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<COMP1	key data type
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<COMP3	key data type
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<COMPUTATIONAL	key data type
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<DESCENDING	key collating order
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<FORMAT<:a_<b_>._<c_> key data type, a_<b_>._<c_> is <FORTRAN format descriptor
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a	= ^D decimal floating point, double precision
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^E decimal floating point, single precision
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^F decimal fixed point
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^G general
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_<b_> = <KEY length
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_<c_> = number of decimal places
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<NUMERIC	key data type
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<SIGNED	key operational sign is to be used
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<UNSIGNED	key operational sign is to be ignored
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</ALIGN	word align all <ASCII output records
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</ASCII	recording mode
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</BINARY	recording mode
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</EBCDIC	recording mode
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</SIXBIT	recording mode
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</BLOCKED<:_<n_>	<COBOL blocking factor
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</FIXED	fixed length records
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</FORTRAN	<FORTRAN type data file
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</RANDOM	same as </FIXED
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</SEQUENTIAL	same as </VARIABLE
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</VARIABLE	variable length records
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</BUFFER-PAGES<:_<n_>	number of pages for <IO buffers
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</CHECK	WHEN merging check the sequence of THE input recordS
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</COLLATE<:_<a_>	_<a_> is one of the following:
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<ASCII	collating sequence
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<EBCDIC	collating sequence
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<FILE<:file-spec
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<LITERAL<:/collating-sequence/ first char after colon is delimeter
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<ADDRESS<:_<N_>	octal address
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</ERROR-RETURN<:_<n_>	octal address
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</FATAL-ERROR-CODE<:_<n_>	octal address
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</LEAVES<:_<n_>	_<n_> is the number of records to keep in main memory
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</PHYSICAL	do not use logical names
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</SUPPRESS-ERROR<:_<a_>	_<a_> is one of the following:
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<ALL
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<FATAL
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<INFORMATION
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<NONE
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<WARNING
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</TEMPORARY-AREAS<:directory-name,...
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</ANSI-ASCII	alias <STANDARD <ASCII for mag-tape
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</DENSITY<:_<a_>	_<a_> is one of the following:
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800
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1600
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<SYSTEM-DEFAULT
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</INDUSTRY	industry compatible (8 bit) mode for mag-tape
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</LABEL<:_<a_>	_<a_> is one of the following:
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<ANSI
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<DEC
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<IBM
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<NONSTANDARD
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<OMITTED
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<STANDARD
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</PARITY<:_<a_>	_<a_> is one of the following:
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<EVEN
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<ODD
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</REWIND	before use
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</UNLOAD	after use
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^The general command format is:
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^^OUTPUT=INPUT/SWITCH:ARGUMENT,...\\
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^The switches are:
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<ALIGN	^Word align all output <ASCII records (saves time)
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<ALPHANUMERIC	^Data type
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<ASCII	^Data mode of file
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<BINARY	^Data mode of file
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<BLOCK<:n	N = Blocking factor
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<CHECK	^WHEN merging check the sequence of the input recordS
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<COMP	^COMPUTATIONAL Data type
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<COMP1	^Floating point data type
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<COMP3	^Packed (4 bits) decimal data type
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<COMPUTATIONAL	^Data type
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<CORE	^Low segment core size
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<EBCDIC	^Data type
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<COLLATE<:a	a is one of the following:
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<ASCII	collating sequence
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<EBCDIC	collating sequence
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FILE<:file-spec
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<LITERAL<:/collating-sequence/
 first char after colon is delimeter
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<ADDRESS<:N	octal address
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<ERROR<:n	^Octal address
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<FATAL<:n	^Octal address
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<FIXED	^Fixed length records
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<FORMAT<:f	^Data type is <FORTRAN floating point <ASCII
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	f is <FORTRAN format descriptor
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<FORTRAN	^Data file produced by <FORTRAN (<ASCII or <binary)
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<INDUSTRY	^Industry compatible (8 bit) mode
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<KEY<:f:s:o	f = first byte, s = size
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	o = <ASCENDING or <DESCENDING
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<LABEL<:A	A IS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
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	<STANDARD, <NONSTANDARD, <OMITTED, <DEC, <ANSI or <IBM
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<LEAVES<:n	n = number of records to keep in main memory
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<MERGE	^Merge the presorted input files
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<NUMERIC	^Data type
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<PACKED	^Same as <COMP3
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<PRIORITY	^Disk priority (-3 to 3)
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<RANDOM	<FORTRAN binary data type
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<RECORD<:s	s = size in bytes
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<REWIND	^Rewind device before use
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<SEQUENTIAL	<FORTRAN binary data type
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<SIGNED	^Numeric field has operational sign
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<SIXBIT	^Data type
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<STANDARD	^Standard <ASCII mode
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<SUPPRESS<:a	a is one of the following:
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	<ALL, <FATAL, <INFORMATION, <NONE, <WARNING
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<TEMP	^Device is to be used for temporary files
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<UNLOAD	^Unload device after use
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<UNSIGNED	^Field does not have operational sign
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<VARIABLE	^Variable record size
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^The following switches are implemented by <SCAN:
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<DENSITY	of magtape
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<ESTIMATE	block size of output file
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<HELP	^Type this file
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<PARITY	of magtape
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<PHYSICAL	^Physical-only <LOOKUPs and <ENTERs
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<PROTECTION	of output file
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<RUN	^other program to run
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<RUNCORE	^Size of program to run
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<RUNOFFSET	0 or 1 for normal or <CCL mode start
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<VERSION	^Version number of output file
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^The following are recognized by <SCAN but have no effect:
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<ABEFORE
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<ASINCE
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<BEFORE
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<ERNONE
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<ERPROTECTION
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<ERSUPERSEDE
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<LENGTH
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<MESSAGE
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<NOOPTION
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<OKNONE
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<OKPROTECTION
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<OKSUPERSEDE
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<OPTION
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<SINCE
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<STRS
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