1. Timestamp
    Several MPE commands, when redirected to a disk file, will output
    a timestamp as their first line.

2. After executing this script, you can do a listf to see that you do
    have a file JOBLIST.DATA, but it is empty.
    Then do a listftemp and you will see that you have a temp file
    JOBLIST.DATA with data in it, but it is not a msg file.

    The input statement is always reading the 1st line of the temp file,
    which is a timestamp.

    When redirecting output, the CI creates a new variable length,
    256 byte standard tempfile. Unless you tell it to use other
    file attributes by way of a file equation.

    So for a quick fix, you need a file equattion, and the command to use
it.

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PURGE JOBLIST.DATA
BUILD JOBLIST.DATA;REC=-80,,F,ASCII;DISC=10000;MSG
FILE JOB=JOBLIST.DATA,OLDTEMP
SHOWJOB JOB=@J > *JOB
SETVAR JOBLIST_EOF, FINFO("JOBLIST.DATA","EOF")
ECHO !JOBLIST_EOF
SETVAR JOB_COUNT, 0
WHILE JOB_COUNT < JOBLIST_EOF
  SETVAR JOB_COUNT, JOB_COUNT + 1
  INPUT JOB_NAME < JOBLIST.DATA
  ECHO !JOB_NAME
  SETVAR FINAL_JOB_NAME REPL("!JOB_NAME",",","")
  ECHO !FINAL_JOB_NAME
  SETVAR POS_VALUE POS("!HPACCOUNT","!FINAL_JOB_NAME")
  IF !POS_VALUE > 0
     ECHO !JOB_NAME
  ENDIF
ENDWHILE
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Keven Miller
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