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I need to print records in different formats from variable length record files.

How can I do this with DFSORT/ICETOOL?

The outputs should resemble the following samples:

Character and hex format


> 010000000000000000000000000000000000000000 SCNDTXN &* k k 110
0600FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF4444444444444444444444444444444401ECDCEED4550089800898
0E00010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000E235437500C2002C2002C

k k
0089800898
2002C2002C


Character (Display) Format

.>..010000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ..SCNDTXN &*...k....k. 110
...k....k.

Hex Format

0600FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF4444444444444444444444444444444401ECDCEED4550089800898 110
0E00010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000E235437500C2002C2002C

0089800898
2002C2002C


Dump Format

0000 006E0000 F0F1F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 *.>..0100000000000000000000000000*
0020 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F04040 40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040 *00000000000000 *
0040 40404040 40404040 40404040 4040001E E2C3D5C4 E3E7D540 505C0200 80928C02 * ..SCNDTXN & *...k..*
0060 0080928C 02008092 8C020080 928C2002 C2002C *..k....k....k. *

With DFSORT/ICETOOL, you can only print in character format or in horizontal hex format (not vertical).