Hi,
Simple, compile the program and pipe the output to sh or any shell. Tested on a Red Hat Linux 7.3 bash shell. The shell outputs are given below -----------------------Shell outputs start-------------------------- [venkat@eagle venkat]$ cat test.cc #include <iostream.h> int main() { cout << "ls -l"; } [venkat@eagle venkat]$ g++ -otest test.cc [venkat@eagle venkat]$ ./test | sh total 304 drwxrwxr-x 5 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 15:32 abhishek drwxrwxr-x 3 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 1 12:25 archive -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 66287 Jun 7 10:11 Autumn.jpg -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 61365 Jun 7 10:11 Azul.jpg drwx------ 3 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 17:38 Desktop drwxrwxr-x 2 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 16:28 experiment drwxrwxr-x 19 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 17:20 gcc_release -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 35842 Jun 7 10:11 linux.jpg drwxrwxr-x 2 venkat venkat 4096 Jun 14 12:56 sachin -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 59600 Jun 7 10:11 Stonehenge.jpg -rwxrwxr-x 1 venkat venkat 13927 Jul 4 10:05 test -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 56 Jul 4 10:02 test.cc drwxrwxr-x 5 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 14:25 test_env -rwxr-xr-x 1 venkat venkat 19645 Jun 6 19:57 XDiff [venkat@eagle venkat]$ ls -l total 304 drwxrwxr-x 5 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 15:32 abhishek drwxrwxr-x 3 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 1 12:25 archive -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 66287 Jun 7 10:11 Autumn.jpg -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 61365 Jun 7 10:11 Azul.jpg drwx------ 3 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 17:38 Desktop drwxrwxr-x 2 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 16:28 experiment drwxrwxr-x 19 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 17:20 gcc_release -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 35842 Jun 7 10:11 linux.jpg drwxrwxr-x 2 venkat venkat 4096 Jun 14 12:56 sachin -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 59600 Jun 7 10:11 Stonehenge.jpg -rwxrwxr-x 1 venkat venkat 13927 Jul 4 10:05 test -rw-rw-r-- 1 venkat venkat 56 Jul 4 10:02 test.cc drwxrwxr-x 5 venkat venkat 4096 Jul 3 14:25 test_env -rwxr-xr-x 1 venkat venkat 19645 Jun 6 19:57 XDiff [venkat@eagle venkat]$ ------------------------------Shell output ends---------------------------------- Any explanations why this happens? Regards, Venky ____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Copyleft - All rights reversed Systems Software Group, Netcentric Division, HCL Technologies Ltd., Noida, U.P [EMAIL PROTECTED], 91 - 4510701/702/813 Extn.3141 ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================