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

PIPE CHOP
/string/
A character string enclosed in delimiters.
width
The default column. For OST tasks, the screen width is used. For automation
tasks and other tasks, zero is used.
Usage Notes
CHOP cannot be the first stage.
Examples
38 Programming: Pipes
Example: Truncating Lines
The following example truncates all lines after column 44.
PIPE NETV QRYGLOBL COMMON VARS=*
| SEPARATE
| LOCATE /BNH039/
| CHOP 44
| CONS ONLY
---> BNH039I SMFVPD
---> BNH039I CGAUTHID2
---> BNH039I LONGONE
...
Example: Truncating Text
The following example truncates all text from the character before the first number.
PIPE LITERAL /GOOD STUFF 00001204/
| CHOP 1 BEFORE ANYOF /1234567890/
| CONSOLE
---> GOOD STUFF
Example: Isolating Text Within a Line
Coded as a REXX example:
'PIPE NETV necessary command ',
' | SEPARATE',
' | LOCATE 1.7 /IST486I/',
' | CONSOLE',
' | NOT CHOP AFTER STRING /STATUS= /',
' | CHOP BEFORE STRING /,/',
' | VAR state'
SAY 'The value of state is ' state
---> IST486I STATUS= ACTIV , DESIRED STATE= ACTIV
---> The value of state is ACTIV