sort with header

[anu.slaksh]

i have a file with header in the first line. below given is the layout of my file.

header
12
34
45
23

line one is the header of the file and from the second line my record follows. My requirement is i need to sort the records from the second line and the output should be with the header but in the sorted order
that is,

header
12
23
34
45

can anyone help me out in this?

[Frank Yaeger]

You can use the technique discussed for the "Sort records between a Header and a Trailer" Smart DFSORT Trick at:

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/tricks/

Just use the part for the header and ignore the part for the trailer.

If you need more specific help, tell me the RECFM and LRECL of your input file, and if the header can be identified by a constant somewhere in the record (e.g. 'header' starting in position 1) or only by the fact that it's the first record.
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[Frank Yaeger]

You can do this kind of thing quite easily with the new DATASORT operator of DFSORT's ICETOOL available with z/OS DFSORT V1R5 PTF UK90013 (July, 2008). Here's an example: