Output masking

Use output masking to update the content of existing fields using the percent sign (%) and asterisk (* ).

Use the percent sign (%) as a wildcard for a single character, use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard for any number of characters at the end of the mask. Using the * anywhere but the end of the mask will cause the character to be treated as a literal asterisk.

For example, to modify a workstation NOVO with a description “New workstation”, issue the following command:

WSSTART WSNAME(NOVO) DESCR(“NEW *”) results in “NEW workstation”

WSSTART WSNAME(NOVO) DESCR(“%%% CPU”) results in “New CPU”