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From: goer%sophist@GARGOYLE.UCHICAGO.EDU (Richard Goerwitz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.icon
Subject: shell script vs. icon pipes
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Date: 6 Jan 88 22:47:46 GMT
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In response to a posting (which I have - unfortunately - rm'ed), try:

procedure main()
    local output, com
    com := "echo \'this is a message\' | (sleep 15; cat)"
    output := open(com,"rp") | stop("Try again :-)")
    write(!output)
end

This also works fine.  You could, of course, do com := arg[1] || "| (sleep
15; cat)".