Re: Adding to the command line via variables

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 07/30/05

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:22:24 -0400

    On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:57:55 GMT, Jeff Kloek
      <Jeff@Kloek.com> wrote:
    > Hello. I'm trying to figure out how I can build a command line using the
    > output of the ls |grep command. The problem is the number of files returned
    > will vary.
    > As an example, one time might find output1, output2 and output3, and another
    > time it might also include output4 and output5.
    >
    > How can I use the output of "ls |grep output" to build a command line that
    > does the following:
    > lp -d printername outputX outputX outputX ?
    > I don't expect to ever exceed the allowable count of command line
    > parameters.
    > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!
    >
    lp -d $(ls | grep output)
    ls | grep output | xargs lp -d
    lp -d printername output* 

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