Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!iuvax!purdue!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!earleh From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: A problem with MPW.... Message-ID: <15076@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 17 Aug 89 19:15:33 GMT References: <13644@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) Organization: Thayer School of Engineering Lines: 25 In article <13644@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) writes: ... > for dir_name in `files -d | translate : ''` > [do_some stuff] > end > > translate dies complaining that > "# MPW.Pipe.# isn't of type TEXT, terminate and screw you " > Try: for dir_name in `files {MPW} -d > {MPW}MPW.mypipe; translate < option-d {MPW}MPW.mypipe : ''` echo {dir_name} # Yep, works! end > Anyone have any ideas, short of me writting my own translate that won't >care about the file type. Show the computer who's boss (you) by defining your own pipe file. Use a unique name for the file, and remember to delete it when done if you don't want it hanging around. Earle R. Horton