P.S. to the P.P.P.S.: On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > I kept trying this one-liner: > > ANSWER=$( ( dialog --output-fd 3 --inputbox 'Speak Friend and enter' 0 > 0 > /dev/fd/4 ) 3>&1 4>&1 )
This may make the redirection I'm talking about clearer: ANSWER=$( ( dialog --output-fd 3 --inputbox 'Speak Friend and enter' 0 0 1>/dev/fd/4 ) 3>&1 4>&1 ) It specifies the stdout file descriptor explicitly for the redirection of the dialog(1) process. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
