- Ahlsort – the DFSORT-compatible sort utility for Unix
What is Ahlsort?
Ahlsort is a powerful, universal data manipulation utility for Unix (AIX, Solaris, Linux) and Windows, offering the following functions:
- SORT
- MERGE
- COPY
- REFORMAT
What are its features?
It is fully compatible with DFSORT, the IBM sort utility for z/OS
- same sorting logic
- same control commands
(ALTSEQ, INCLUDE/OMIT, INREC/OUTREC, MERGE, OUTFIL, SORT, SUM)
You can find the complete reference manual here.
All of these benefits make Ahlsort an excellent choice as a sort substitute when migrating or re-hosting sort operations.
Migration: Porting applications to a new platform. This usually involves changing the source code of programs, which is also referred to as re-writing.
Re-hosting: Carrying over applications to a new platform without changing their source code. The applications run in a host environment and behave in the same way as on the legacy system.
Migration: Porting applications to a new platform. This usually involves changing the source code of programs, which is also referred to as re-writing.
Re-hosting: Carrying over applications to a new platform without changing their source code. The applications run in a host environment and behave in the same way as on the legacy system.
Files of more than 4 GB in size can be processed.
How can Ahlsort be used?
- As a native Unix command: example
- Transparently embedded in our JCL interpreter, J2U
- Example call from J2U.
How can I obtain Ahlsort?
Contact for product information:Nils Kaden
Business Manager J2U and Ahlsort
Business Manager J2U and Ahlsort
+40 (0) 40 2841 7550
ahlsort@itgain.de 
