Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:7812 comp.unix.wizards:9635 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!newcomb From: newcomb@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Newcomb) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: /dev/stdin: SUMMARY Keywords: Summary, Thanks Message-ID: <4115@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> Date: 28 Jun 88 02:21:24 GMT Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu Reply-To: newcomb@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Newcomb) Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 15 I received several answers to my query, one of which clearly explained something I had foolishly overlooked: >From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) > > ls -1 | sort -r /dev/stdin > >...You could then pipe input into programs that were not >designed to use standard input. I'd forgotten about pipes altogether. No more responses are necessary; thanks to all who mailed me their answers. Tom Newcomb newcomb@cory.Berkeley.EDU