Re: QSHELL SED insert

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 9:14 AM John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Speaking of which, I realize I am very weak in Unixy skills, but I
think the "use PASE instead of QSH" thing is way, way overblown. I
literally NEVER use the QP2* commands. If it doesn't work in QSH, then
you might as well not bother doing it on the green screen at all and
just log in using SSH already. I'd say this applies to almost all IBM
i users, and almost all IBM i use cases. If you don't already know
whether you need to use QP2*, then the odds are incredibly strong that
you do not need QP2*.

Aside from a few special commands in /usr/bin (e.g, the IBM i -specific
version of iconv) I feel this is very poor advice.

The PASE commands are growing in volume and quality, and are closer to
modern usage always.

Using QSH for almost anything other than as a CL command to launch scripts
running under PASE is a dead end.

If you plan to stay on the platform, use PASE and work within it in a
modern shell logged in via SSH.

Keep a Linux platform handy as a reference and continue to polish your
skills in that regard, or you do your employer a disservice.