On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 13:26 -0400, S Scharf 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?
I am not sure that's something I would do... but here it is: $`ekiga 2>&1 | sed -n 2p` Where you tell sed: "-n" => Don't print the lines by default. "2p" => When you match the line Number 2, then _p_rint it. (BTW, the dollar sign is the prompt, not something to type) Alternatively, this one could be an option because your are prompted before running the command: $ekiga 2>&1 | xargs -n 1 -p sh -c Obviously, it becomes much more sexy if you create an alias: $alias Qrun='xargs -n 1 -p sh -c' So just type: $ekiga 2>&1 | Qrun sh -c The program 'ekiga' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: ?...n sh -c sudo apt-get install ekiga ?...y And here you go ! Regards, Franklin P.S. All that is completely untested ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
