how jcl sort works for character field ?
1 Other names that can be used to invoke SORT are ICEMAN,IERRCO00,IGHRCOOO and SYNCSORT. 2  Sorting can be done from ISPF prompt also. 3  For this open the file to be sorted in edit mode. 4  Then use the command 'SORT 1 22' to sort the file from 1st to 22nd characters.