Want to filter a stream of records, letting only certain ones through based on 
a keyword in each record.
What we know:
-the keyword could be anywhere in the first 30 characters
-the keyword is space delineated (no leading space if keyword is first word)
-the first and last part of that keyword
-the count of unknown characters separating  the first and last parts of the 
keyword

For an example:
Within the first 30 characters of the record is the keyword : 'HCP??????E ' , 
with exactly 6 unknown characters (no blanks) between 'HCP' and 'E '.

I know XEDIT's LOCATE can perform a similar search via the arbitrary character 
option 'SET ARBCHAR ON ?'.
I know PIPE's FIND can do this with blanks, but only if the keyword begins in 
column 1. (Or a static column (not a range) using ZONE.)

Aside from creating a sipping stage/custom filter, is there any provision for 
performing natively in PIPE such an action as this?

--Shawn S.


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