Date: 2000.08.24
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions

> Does anyone have some genius ideas about how to show program results
> in another xterm window?
>
> The most convenient format for me is something like:
>
> ls -l | popup
>
> in which popup will show the result of "ls -l" in a newly lauched
> xterm window. The question has been haunting me for quite a while
> and I still can't come up with any idea yet.
>
> PS. I managed to come up with a script used like this:
>
> popup ls -l
>
> But I don't like it, 'cause all my alias & function definitions
> (bash) can not be used in this format. that's why I think getting
> results from pipe is a better idea.

well, may not be the best approach:

redirect the pipe input to a temp file (cat > $tmpf) then show the temp file in lauched xterm…

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