Re: unix redirection - how do you specify input files?

[Stefan Schmitt]

From: "Steve Dews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: unix redirection - how do you specify input files?


>     Here's what I'm trying to do:
>
>            $ sed -e 's/bad/good/' < oldfile > newfile
>
>     Here's what I've got in Ant:
>
>            <exec executable="sed" output="./newfile">
>              <arg>-e</arg>
>              <arg>'s/bad/good/'</arg>
>            </exec>
>
>     Where does the input file belong in the Ant syntax?
>     As an <arg>?  That doesn't seem to work.

Ok your syntax is wrong try this
<exec executable="sed" output="./newfile">
    <arg line="-e 's/bad/good/'"/>
</exec>
This should work. Take a deeper look at the manual avaible at
http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/jakarta-ant/docs/.

Yours Stefan S