IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS Programming: Pipes - IBM notice

Pipeline Stages and Syntax
22 Programming: Pipes
specification, then the % character is removed and the following | character is
not treated as a stage separator. This leaves the string ABC|XYZ in your stage
specification.
The valid value of ESC is that of any character acceptable for STAGESEP, but it
cannot be the same value as that used for STAGESEP or END in the same PIPE
command.
Alternatively, you can use the stage separator character to “self escape” itself.
Two side-by-side separators resolve to one such character taken literally. For
example:
PIPE LITERAL 'MY CHAR IS ||' | CONSOLE
Results in the display of the following text:
MY CHAR IS |
label
The label must be 1-8alphanumeric characters followed by a colon. A label
can be followed by blanks. Although you can assign a label to any stage, label
is only useful when used with the end character and stages with multiple
output streams to create complex pipelines. For information on creating
complex pipelines, see “Complex Pipelines” on page 7.
LOWQENAB
Commands that are queued at a low priority are not processed until pipeline
processing is complete. Commands blocked include low-priority commands
from the automation table. Blocking low-priority commands assures that the
commands are processed first in-first out (FIFO).
High-priority commands pre-empt pipeline processing.
When LOWQENAB is specified, pipeline processing is temporarily suspended
whenever any command is queued. Even low-priority commands pre-empt
pipeline processing.
LOWQENAB affects only the pipeline where it is specified. All other
automation and low priority commands continue to run in FIFO order.
NAME
Indicates the name of this pipeline. The name given is used in various
messages about the processing of the pipeline and can be an aid in debugging.
pipename
The value is 1-8alphanumeric characters. The default value is PIPE.
stage_specification
A NetView stage and its operands. This can be a label previously defined in
the pipeline that is used as a connector in a complex pipeline. At least one
stage or connector label must be specified.
STAGESEP
Specifies the character used to separate the stages in a PIPE command.
The STAGESEP, END, and ESC characters must be different within a single
pipe specification.
value
Is a single-byte, nonalphanumeric EBCDIC character except blank, null, ), (, @,
#, and $.