On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 01:30 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 10:23 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 10:21 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > On 01/11/2008 10:17 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 09:52 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > >> On 01/11/2008 05:10 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: [...] > > > > I was using it to do something like the following , > > > > > > > > git show 9914cad54c79d0b89b1f066c0894f00e1344131c > > | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl > > > > > > Ok, and if you add a - there, it should have the same effect, but > > for free, > > > doesn't it: > > > git show 9914cad54c79d0b89b1f066c0894f00e1344131c > > | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl - > > > > JftSoC: > > git show 9914cad54c79d0b89b1f066c0894f00e1344131c > > | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl /dev/stdin > > (and there a a few others) should also do the trick. > > Not a particularly attractive command line .. Might still be a good idea
Might be. But it works for (almost?) all programs (which do not need seekable input) which absolutely want the input file specified by a parameter. And if it's an proprietary program, you can't even patch it. > to add this since these two forms alluded me, and are likely to allude > people new to unix all together (who is more likely to be using this > particular tool).. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/