You can specify that records are to be omitted from the output file by using the /OMIT qualifier. First, you must define a condition with the /CONDITION qualifier. Specify your record selection with an /OMIT qualifier requesting the records satisfying that condition be selected for omission from your sort. By default, Sort/Merge includes all the other input records in the output file. You can specify multiple /OMIT and /INCLUDE qualifiers in your specification file. The order you specify them determines the order the input records are tested for omission. All the records that have not already been included or omitted after the last /OMIT qualifier are included. You can unconditionally omit any records not previously omitted or included by specifying the /OMIT qualifier only.