1./FIELD=(NAME=AGENT,POSITION:1,SIZE:5) /FIELD=(NAME=ZIP,POSITION:6,SIZE:3) /FIELD=(NAME=STYLE,POSITION:10,SIZE:5) /FIELD=(NAME=CONDITION,POSITION:16,SIZE:9) /FIELD=(NAME=PRICE,POSITION:26,SIZE:5) /FIELD=(NAME=TAXES,POSITION:32,SIZE:5) /DATA=PRICE /DATA=" " /DATA=TAXES /DATA=" " /DATA=STYLE /DATA=" " /DATA=ZIP /DATA=" " /DATA=AGENT The /FIELD qualifiers define the fields in the records from an input file that has the following format: AGENT ZIP STYLE CONDITION PRICE TAXES The /DATA qualifiers, which use the field-names defined in the /FIELD qualifiers, reformat the records to create output records of the following format: PRICE TAXES STYLE ZIP AGENT 2./FIELD=(NAME=AGENT,POSITION:20,SIZE:15) /CONDITION=(NAME=AGENCY, TEST=(AGENT EQ "Real-T Trust" OR AGENT EQ "Realty Trust")) /DATA=(IF AGENCY THEN "Realty Trust" ELSE AGENT) In this example, two real estate files are being sorted. One file refers to an agency as Real-T Trust; the other refers to the same agency as Realty Trust. The /CONDITION and /DATA qualifiers instruct Sort to list the AGENT field in the sorted output file as Realty Trust.