PowerBSORT V7.0 User's Guide

3.2.16 Input code system option (-q)

Specify input code system.

Format

-q cdmode

cdmode

Specify input code system.
Select and specify one of the following.

cdmode	Meaning
au	ASCII code system (NetCOBOL form) (Default value)
ac	ASCII code system (Micro Focus COBOL form)
eb	EBCDIC code system (Note)
u2	Unicode system (UCS-2 form)
u3	Unicode system (UTF-32 form)
u8	Unicode system (UTF-8 form)

NOTE

The EBCDIC code system can be specified for binary file.