here is one requirement to fetch a set of record which is between a letter "S" and "E"....

//S1 EXEC PGM=ICEMAN

//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD *
11111122S111111111111111E77
22222233S222222222222222E77
333333333333333333333333333
44444455S444444444444444E77
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
INCLUDE COND=(1,80,SS,EQ,C'S')
---- this will include the record which
contains a character "S" within 80 byte length
OUTREC PARSE=(%01=(STARTAFT=C'S',ENDBEFR=C'E',FIXLEN=80)), ...this
will extract a record which is between the character "S" and "E"
BUILD=(%01)
/*
//S1 EXEC PGM=ICEMAN
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD *
11111122S111111111111111E77
22222233S222222222222222E77
333333333333333333333333333
44444455S444444444444444E77
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
INCLUDE COND=(1,80,SS,EQ,C'S')
---- this will include the record which
contains a character "S" within 80 byte length
OUTREC PARSE=(%01=(STARTAFT=C'S',ENDBEFR=C'E',FIXLEN=80)), ...this
will extract a record which is between the character "S" and "E"
BUILD=(%01)
/*
Output
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111111111111111
222222222222222
444444444444444
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