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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">ECHO </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Bulk Data Echo Request </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Controls echo (i.e., printout) of the Bulk Data. </p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Format: </div>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Examples: </div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent"><pre class="indent">ECHO=NOSORT
ECHO=BOTH
ECHO=PUNCH, SORT (MAT1, PARAM)
ECHO=SORT (EXCEPT DMI, DMIG)</pre></div>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Describers:</div>
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                     <p class="para_td">UNSORT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The unsorted Bulk Data will be printed.  If SORT is also not specified then the sorted Bulk Data will not be printed. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SORT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The sorted (arranged in alphanumeric order) Bulk Data will be printed. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NOSORT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The sorted Bulk Data will not be printed.  If UNSORT is also not specified then the unsorted Bulk Data will not be printed. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">cdni,... </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Bulk Data entry names to be included or excluded by EXCEPT, in the sorted echo printout.  The PUNCH file is not affected by cdni. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EXCEPT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Exclude cdni Bulk Data entries from sorted echo printout.  See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/05ref73192_46.html#ref11997');return(false);">61-6. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">BOTH </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Both sorted and unsorted Bulk Data will be printed.  This is equivalent to ECHO=SORT, UNSORT. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NONE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Neither sorted nor unsorted Bulk Data will be printed. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PUNCH </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The entire Bulk Data will be written to the punch file in sorted form. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If no ECHO command appears, a sorted Bulk Data will be printed. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Comments will appear at the front of the sorted file if ECHO=PUNCH. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Portions of the unsorted Bulk Data can be selectively echoed by including the commands ECHOON and ECHOOFF at various places within the Bulk Data.  ECHOOFF stops the unsorted echo until an ECHOON command is encountered.  Many such pairs of commands may be used. The ECHOON and ECHOOFF commands may be used in the Executive and Case Control Sections; however, ECHOOF should not be the first entry as continuation entries will not be handled correctly. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If the SORT (cdni,...) is specified in a restart in SOLs 101 through 200, then the continuation entries will not be printed. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If the SORT (cdni,...) describer is used, then it must appear as the last describer, as in the example above. </p>
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            <li><a name="ref11997"></a><p class="para_item">If EXCEPT is specified then it must be specified before all cdni.  All Bulk Data entry types will be listed except those given for cdn1, cdn2, etc.  If EXCEPT is not specified, then only those Bulk Data entry types listed under cdn1, cdn2, etc. will be listed. </p>
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