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i'm trying to do the following :

xterm -exec tail -f foo.txt | grep -v bar

however, the grep part seems to be interpreted outside the exec. the result is
that the exec happens, the the grep happens on it's own.  i would like to be
able to run the whole thing, tail and grep all as part of the exec.

i've tried putting quotes around parts of the line to no avail.

anyone?

thanks,

alex..


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