Because it will give the wrong results! "split 1 after / ,/" will result in an error. "split 1 after string / ,/" is probably what you meant, but it really isn't what you want.
"split 1 after string / ,/ | chop 8" will result in getting only the first two ids of a line that can contain up to 5 of them.. Regards, Richard Schuh ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 1:28 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: New standard for networking help Because it was quick and dirty. On 7/19/10 3:25 PM, "Kris Buelens" <kris.buel...@gmail.com> wrote: Sorry to be nitpicking on this good idea: * why expose to errors by not using ADDRESS COMMAND? * why throwing away any userid starting with "VSM". Take this instead * 'PIPE CP Q NAMES', * '|StrNfind /VSM_____-/', * '|SPLIT 1 after /,/', * '|CHOP 8', '|Stem name.'
