Example -

Scenario - Ignore the positions 29-44 from the input and reformat the remaining record.

Input File - MATEPK.SORT.INPUT01 - FB file of 80 length

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
00001     student1           dept1          560
00003     student3           dept2          520
00004     student4           dept1          540
00005     student5           dept2          500
00002     student2           dept3          510

JCL -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+
//MATEPKD  JOB (123),'MTH',NOTIFY=&SYSUID
//*
//STEP01   EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTIN   DD DSN=MATEPK.SORT.INPUT01,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT   DD DSN=MATEPK.MERGE.OUTPUT,
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),UNIT=SYSDA,
//            SPACE=(CYL,(1,4),RLSE),
//            DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0)
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN    DD *
     OPTION COPY
     OUTREC FIELDS=(1,28,45,3)
/*

Output -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
00001     student1          560
00003     student3          520
00004     student4          540
00005     student5          500
00002     student2          510

Explaining Example -

1. Output file has been formed up with 1 to 28 bytes and 45 to 48 bytes from the input file.
2. Those two are added adjacent in the output file as 1 to 32 bytes(1 to 29, 30 to 32).

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