Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 07:48:58 -0400 From: Jason Vervlied <jvervlied@boca.verio.net> To: Alex Dyas <adyas@twowaytv.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm -exec question Message-ID: <20010918114912.A245237B40C@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010918123643.S1269-100000@> References: <20010918123643.S1269-100000@>
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On Tuesday 18 September 2001 07:40 am, you wrote: > i'm trying to do the following : > > xterm -exec tail -f foo.txt | grep -v bar > > however, the grep part seems to be interpreted outside the exec. the result > is that the exec happens, the the grep happens on it's own. i would like > to be able to run the whole thing, tail and grep all as part of the exec. > Run it out of a shell script e.g. ------------------------- #/bin/sh tail -f foo.txt | grep bar -------------------------- xterm --exec foo.sh -- Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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