> As other people have pointed out, the way to capture a command's output > is with $(command) (or `command`, though this is a bashism). However, > unless the output is exactly in the form you need (which is often not > the case; in your example ifconfig outputs a lot of information besides > the IP address), the time it takes to come out with a command line that > filters only the part you need (using tools such as head, tail, cut, > etc.) is probably much greater than the time needed to type the > information again --- or cut and paste, if this is something you'll only > do a couple of times. >
Yes, it seems that what I am looking for is copy-paste. I have seen it suggested that screen can do this, though I have not yet looked into it in detail. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
