syncsort - hex to char conversion possible? 1

[DaveTO]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if syncsort can read in a field with hex characters and convert it to alpha-numeric characters in the sort out?

 

[3gm]

Yes ;-)

Regards,

Glenn






PS - Look at OUTREC for the HEX option for an output field

 

[DaveTO]

Thanks 3gm. I will add an example once I get it working.

 

[DaveTO]

I like to see code so here is how an example would look:

Read in first 4 bytes as hex.
Sortout - convert hex to 8 characters.

The out file will be 8 bytes in this case.

-------------------------------
SORT FIELDS=(1,4,BI,A)
OUTFIL FILES(OUT),
OUTREC=(1:1,4,HEX)
END
-------------------------------

 

[3gm]

Dave -

Note that you don't have to sort the input file to do what you want. SORT FIELDS=COPY should work just fine.

Glenn