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From: birger@eik.ii.uib.no (Birger A. Wathne)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: using "Your Commands" in filemanager
Keywords: usage
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Date: 10 Dec 90 01:45:09 GMT
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You  could try something like
shelltool -I 'ps ax; set temp = $<; exit'
if you are using csh.

Other shells have similar capabilities. Just read from stdin.
This window will stay up until you press return.

I'm sure there are more elegant solutions, but this one is quick and easy.
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