Re: Read from a pipe with WinXP/AS 5.8.2?

You'll need to consult the docs/forums for the bash shell you are using

P:\test>ls | perl -nle"s/\./-.-/; print"
237671-.-pl8
242776-.-pl8
243366-.-pl8
250383-.-pl8
250495-.-pl8
251580-.-pl8
251933-.-pl8
252633-.-pl8
253059-.-pl8
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That's the GNU ls running under cmd.exe piping to AS perl5.8.1 under NT4.

Update: It also works fine under the sh.exe that comes from GNU utilities for Win32.

D:\WINNT\unxtools>sh
HIAWATHA# ls | perl -ple" s/\./-.-/"
FlexLexer-.-h
StdDisclaimer-.-html
UnxUtilsDist-.-html
agrep-.-exe
ansi2knr-.-exe
basename-.-exe
bc-.-exe
bison-.-exe
bison-.-hairy
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Re: Re: Read from a pipe with WinXP/AS 5.8.2? by graff (Chancellor) on Jan 07, 2004 at 05:16 UTC
I see that cmd.exe is included with XP -- slight relief (command.com was all I knew, and it's such a pain), but this is still no substitute for bash. Oh well, at least I have a couple places to start looking (including Cygwin). Thanks to both of you! Update: following the Gnu link provided by BrowserUK above, I also happened to find yet another source of unix-environment tools for windows: http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/ -- where the offerings include ksh (like bash, sort of, but a little different), which does what I want: pipes work as expected. It can also do real unix-style handling of the shebang line in perl scripts, and there appears to be an X-Windows component to the overall package -- gotta check that out... Altogether a very slick looking setup, though apparently not open-source.	[reply]

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Re: Re: Read from a pipe with WinXP/AS 5.8.2?
by graff (Chancellor) on Jan 07, 2004 at 05:16 UTC

Thanks to both of you!

Update: following the Gnu link provided by BrowserUK above, I also happened to find yet another source of unix-environment tools for windows: http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/ -- where the offerings include ksh (like bash, sort of, but a little different), which does what I want: pipes work as expected. It can also do real unix-style handling of the shebang line in perl scripts, and there appears to be an X-Windows component to the overall package -- gotta check that out... Altogether a very slick looking setup, though apparently not open-source.

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