How to Merge 2 different files(rec length diff) data into 1

Laxminarsimharao · New User Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 26 Location: hyderabad

Question: I have 2 different files with different length, how can i merge the contents of the 2 files based on Pol no into one output file.

files are in below format

File1
Pol no name type
500231 arun P
567901 raj A
400567 josh A
700777 sam P

File2
Pol no Amount percentage
500231 1000 50
567901 500 20
700777 900 10

Output
Pol no name type Amount percentage
500231 arun P 1000 50
567901 raj A 500 20
400567 josh A
700777 sam P 900 10

Please help me.

Skolusu · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 2:59 am

Laxminarsimharao,

See the Smart DFSORT trick "Join fields from two files on a key" at:

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

Laxminarsimharao · New User Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 26 Location: hyderabad

Thank you Skolusu.

I got the result.