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Isaac Blake <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Jan 1995 14:08:59 -0700
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> I need to be able to sort the SHOWJOB output to sort by job number.  I'm
> redirecting the output to a file and then using SORT to sort the file with the
> job number as the key.  The only problem is that the job number output from
> SHOWJOB is LEFT justified instead of RIGHT justified and blank or zero
> filled.  This causes a problem when I use SORT because it uses the first
> character that it comes across in the key field to sort the file.  As an
> example;  #J555 wil come before #J61 and after #J1000.
>
> Does anyone have any solutions to my dilemma?
 
Clint,
 
Guess I would like to know what you are trying to achieve.  There may be ways
from the CI or programmatically to address this.
 
/isaac

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