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From: mpl@sfsup.UUCP (M.P.Lindner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Shell escapes within piped programs
Message-ID: <1910@sfsup.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 16:53:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 21 16:53:39 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Aug-87 11:36:54 EDT
References: <510@cgcha.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T-IS, Summit N.J. USA
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Summary: that all depends

In article <510@cgcha.UUCP>, wtho@cgcha.UUCP writes:
> My question:  Shouldn't shell escapes redirect the input (and output)
> to the terminal?

Yes and no.  In general, it shouldn't redirect the standard input/output of
the command.  However, here is a case where the shell escape is invoked *not*
by the standard input of the program (the listing) but by the user (on the
terminal).  I think "more" should connect the input/output of the command to
the I/O stream it read the shell escape on in the first place.

Mike Lindner
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