> If you're looking to take the output from a command, edit it, then pipe it back > into another command, may I suggest your favourite editor? > > vim can do it like so (for example): > > (in command mode) > !!ls > (edit to your heart's content) > :%!wc > > I'm sure emacs can do it too, but I don't know emacs all that well. > Thanks, Eric. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il