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Posted: **Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:49 pm**

Hello,

i would like to keep only duplicate lines one time.

For example, i have this dataset

AAAAA
AAAAA
AAAAA
BBBBB
CCCCC
CCCCC
CCCCC
CCCCC
XXXXX
ZZZZZ
ZZZZZ

i would like to obtain

AAAAA
CCCCC
ZZZZZ

I tried ictool but it dosen't work each time

//ICETOOL EXEC PGM=ICETOOL,REGION=1024K
//* POUR EXTRAIRE QUE LES DOUBLONS EN DOUBLE UNE SEULE FOIS
//TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=*
//DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=*
//TOOLIN DD *
SELECT FROM(INDD) TO(OUTDD) ON(1,1,CH) FIRSTDUP
//INDD DD *

several lines are missing in the output dataset...

Thanks for your help

Posted: **Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:49 pm**

When I run this DFSORT/ICETOOL job (like yours):

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//ICETOOL EXEC PGM=ICETOOL,REGION=1024K
//TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=*
//DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=*
//TOOLIN DD *
SELECT FROM(INDD) TO(OUTDD) ON(1,1,CH) FIRSTDUP
//INDD DD *
AAAAA
AAAAA
AAAAA
BBBBB
CCCCC
CCCCC
CCCCC
CCCCC
XXXXX
ZZZZZ
ZZZZZ
//OUTDD DD SYSOUT=*

OUTDD has:

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AAAAA
CCCCC
ZZZZZ

which corresponds to what you said you want. So I don't understand why you would have missing records.

Is the RECFM of your input file FB or VB? If it's VB, you need to use ON(5,1,CH) since the RDW is in positions 1-4. If the RECFM is FB, then there's something you're not telling us. Show the output you got and the output you expected.

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:29 pm**

You can use simple sort, with sum fields=none, instead of Icetool if you want to perform this operation alone.

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:31 pm**

gokulNmf wrote:You can use simple sort, with sum fields=none, instead of Icetool if you want to perform this operation alone.

But you wouldn't want to if the file is already sorted....

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