def countPIDtype(args):
cred = Credentials('os', args.credpath)
cred.parse()
pidm = PIDManagement(cred)
result = pidm.requestPID(cred, args.typepid, args.searchfield)
print "Number of PIDs = ", len(result)
def countPIDprefix(args):
cred = Credentials('os', args.credpath)
cred.parse()
pidm = PIDManagement(cred)
result = pidm.requestPID(cred, "limit", "0")
print "Number of PIDs = ", len(result)
