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> > Those would be quite different functions, then, unless you proposed to have
> > Python interpret native shell metacharacters on its own too (e.g., set up
> > pipes, do the indicated file redirections, interpolate envars, and fake
> > whatever other shell gimmicks people may use).
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:52:39AM +1300, Greg Ewing wrote:
> What we need is a function which does all those things,
> but uses some way of specifying them *other* than shell
> metacharacters. E.g.
>
> os.plumb(("sed", "-e", "s/dead/resting/", "parrots"),
> ("grep", "norwegian"), output = myfile))
+1 on the concept. +1 on something that can be transformed to use tcl's
"exec" so that it'll begin working on several common arches immediately.
Jeff
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