XSM : The Professional Sort Merge Batch Program

multi-platforms : Unix AIX, SUN Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, z/Linux, Windows NT, 2K, XP, 2003, OS/400 iSeries, OS/390 OpenMVS (Unix Services)
Sorts 1 Gigabyte in seconds, not hours ; See our Benchmark reports
Maximum file size is only limited by Operating System
Sort, Merge, Selective Copy / Split with "Include/Exclude" filters
Deduplicate on duplicate keys or records
Reformat records
Up to 20 sort keys, any combination of Ascending or Descending sort keys
Support for fixed format, as well as variable, MFCobol, delimited (CSV), and Binary, Numeric, Char, Packed Decimal types
"Y2K" dates clever processing (1900/2000 pivot)
Support for UNIX style pipes and redirection
IBM® MVS DF/SORT® Syntax
"Wrappers" (dynamic syntax translator) for easy and transparent Syncsort®, MFsort, UNIX sort replacement
Save CPU, disk, memory resources

What XSM does, but your standard sort does not:

	XSM	Linux sort	AIX sort	Win NT4 sort	Win 2K sort
Unlimited File Size	Yes	Yes	Yes	< 8 MB	Yes
Input Filtering	Yes	No	No	No	No
Output Filtering on different files	Yes	No	No	No	No
Suppress on duplicate keys	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Suppress on duplicate records	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Mixed Ascending and Descending sort keys	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Variable field length in records with separator (CSV)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
- including numeric fields	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
- including lowercase=Uppercase	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Merge	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Binary files	Yes	No	No	No	No
- including Packed Decimal	Yes	No	No	No	No
Work Files/Disks Control	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Clever Y2K handling dd/mm/yy -> dd/mm/YYYY	Yes	No	No	No	No
Selective Copy/Split	Yes	No	No	No	No

Is XSM really faster than standard sorts supplied on Operating Systems ?	Yes
Is XSM faster than its challengers ?	Yes, see Benchmarks ...
Does XSM sorts binary records on Windows ?	Yes
Is XSM cheaper than its challengers ?	Yes
Who uses XSM ?	57 clients dans 11 pays !