Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!gatech!bloom-beacon!apple!voder!pyramid!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers From: sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Yea, but can an Amiga Shell do this.... Message-ID: <1836.AA1836@heimat> Date: 10 Aug 88 22:16:43 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Sneakers Computing Lines: 35 In Message <2213@ihlpm.ATT.COM>, jmdavis@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Davis) writes: >After hearing the talk of AmigaShell and other related things. >I am wondering if any of these shells can execute my favorite >unix KSH command, namely the backtick. Let me give you an >example. I havent seen a shell (yet) that will allow the 'backtick'. But it should be able to be done with pipes (or was that mirrors.. Hmm..). Of course a pipe device is included FREE with AmigaDOS V1.3 - at a store near you RSN. > > where ls > > /bin/ls > > file /bin/ls >or I could type: > > file `where ls` 1> where >pipe:1 ls 1> file This space would have been | Mike Davis Doesn't have quite the same meaning when trimmed to 1 line :-) -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {alegra|amiga|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave West Lawn PA 19609 Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed are 40 Meg -=- 215/678-7691 those of Sneakers Computing Of course heimat is an Amiga, doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga?