Create "shortcut" commands (CRTPRXCMD)

I would like to point out this 2018 post on RPGPGM.COM: “Easy to create shortcut commands” where Simon Hutchinson talks about the CRTPRXCMD command … Create Proxy Command … a quick way to create “shortcut-shortcut” commands:

For example … instead of writing WRKACTJOB we can make a shortcut: “WA”

 CRTPRXCMD CMD (MYLIB / WA) TGTCMD (WRKACTJOB)

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