Re: Off Topic: streaming a text file into a command?

[Hubert Chan <hackerhue@crosswinds.net>]

William Jensen <jensenb@charter.net> writes:

> Hey guys,
> 
> I'm trying to find the fastest mirror site.  I am using a package called
> netselect.  Works like this netselect -vv host1 host2 ... hostx.  Wonderful
> little utility.  Anyway, I have a list of mirrors in a text file like this:
> 
> host1
> host2
> host3
> 
> How can I pump that file into netselect?  I tried netselect -vv < file but
> it just laughed at me. :)

maybe try

netselect -vv `cat file`

(those are backticks - on the same key as ~)

Hubert