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Date:      Tue, 18 Sep 2001 04:47:15 -0700
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
To:        Alex Dyas <adyas@twowaytv.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xterm -exec question
Message-ID:  <20010918044714.A5527@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010918123643.S1269-100000@>; from adyas@twowaytv.com on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:40:52PM %2B0100
References:  <20010918123643.S1269-100000@>

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On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:40:52PM +0100, Alex Dyas wrote:

> 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.

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

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