[Neil Williams] > $ pilot-qof -x data.xml --invoice-city -t 2006-11-08 | dfxml-invoice - \ > | zenity --text-info --title="2006-11-08" - > > 2. Unnecessarily complicated for documentation (the need for '\' is, > IMHO, an indication that the command is too long).
Not to disagree with your real thesis, but there is no need for \ here. $ pilot-qof -x data.xml --invoice-city -t 2006-11-08 | dfxml-invoice - | zenity --text-info --title="2006-11-08" - Peter, on behalf of the Society for the Preservation of Useful Details of Shell Syntax -- Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]