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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Scripting
From:       Kastus <NOSPAM () tprfct ! net>
Date:       2003-08-31 21:27:44
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On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 03:40:02PM -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
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> This is probably either very simple or impossible. If I have a script (Perl, 
> Python, whatever), is it possible to execute an external command (say, tar 
> - -vt) and pipe the output from stdout into the script I'm currently running? I 

In perl, use something like:

open FOO, "tar tv some.tar|";
while (<FOO>) {
	...
}

HTH, -Kastus

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