Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!eecg.toronto.edu!leblanc From: leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: ASH $(cmd) command substitution Summary: can't get $(cmd) or "|" to work Keywords: command substitution, pipes Message-ID: <1989Aug16.134345.1036@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Date: 16 Aug 89 17:43:45 GMT Organization: EECG, University of Toronto Lines: 11 The ARP shell, ASH, is supposed to be able to place the output of a command on a command line before the line is executed. I think the construction is something like this: cmd1 $(cmd2_output) but I can't get it to work. Also, I can't get unnamed pipes to work "|". I've installed parts of conman 1.3, but not all of it. Can anybody suggest a cure? Marcel A. LeBlanc | University of Toronto -- Toronto, Canada leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu | also: LMS Technologies Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: uunet!utai!eecg!leblanc BITNET: leblanc@eecg.utoronto (may work)