On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:26 PM, S Scharf <ss11...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > Not pretty but how about >> > `ekiga | head -2 | tail -1` >> > >> > (note use of backticks) >> > >> >> That's creative! It doesn't seem to work on this system, I will try on >> Real Debian (tm) when I get home. However, it does require >> foreknowledge of the output, which I suppose is all right if the user >> can run the same command again. > > > Oops, the output of ekiga is going to stderr and not stdout. Only stdout > gets piped. > > Anyone know how to capture and pipe stdout? >
to answer my own question try this: $(ekiga 2>/dev/stdout | head -2 | tail -1) Stuart > > > Stuart > > >> >> >> I just thought that there would be a command made for this, as it >> seems to be a common situation. I did not think that it would have to >> resort to hacks. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Dotan Cohen >> >> http://what-is-what.com >> http://gibberish.co.il >> > >
