englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander) (11/27/88)
In article <799@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes: >I need to know is there ANY way to, in essence, "pipe" (as UNIX does) one >command to another (i.e., use the output of one operation as the input to >another)? I've long thought that the HC interface is ideal for putting a set of data (i'm thinking of a conventional file of rows with columns) through various tools that would perform quasi-DBMS like functions. You could drag around icons (buttons) for each tool, and connect them up with "pipes." If you know how to program on the Mac, you could take existing source code of filters written for unix or dos, and turn them into XCMDS. The command line parameters could be entered in a dialog box. -- - Scott