07-19-2007
sort on fields
Hi I have following fixed width file and I have to sort on 2 fields
ABC 111222333002555 77788
ABC 111222333004555 77788
ABC 111222333001555 77788
ABC 111222333003555 77788
ABC 111222333005555 77788
one is from field1 to field 3 "ABC" and another is on 14 to 16 "002" (based on first record....how can I do this..?
so the out put should be...
ABC 111222333001555 77788
ABC 111222333002555 77788
ABC 111222333003555 77788
ABC 111222333004555 77788
ABC 111222333005555 77788
Thanks,
Girinath.
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