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Re: More on i/o and shell commands

  • To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: More on i/o and shell commands
  • From: Magnus Nordborg <magnus at fisher.stanford.edu>
  • Date: Fri, 7 May 93 16:46:46 -0700

> Date: Fri,  7 May 93 16:30:16 PDT
> From: magnus (To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu)
> To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
> Subject: More on i/o and shell commands
> 

> Can someone tell me why this does not work?
> 

RunNumerical[ cmd_String, expr_, pattern_:Number ] :=
	Module[{tmpfile = OpenTemporary[]},
		Write[tmpfile,expr];
		WriteString[tmpfile,"\n"];
		Close[tmpfile];
		ReadList[ToString[StringForm[
"! (/bin/rm `1`; /usr/bin/tr -d '{,}' | `2`) < `1`",
		System`Private`StreamFileName[tmpfile], cmd ]], 

		pattern] ]
> 		
> It gives me an empty list, and I cannot figure it out.

More information: This works (but boy is it ugly...)

RunNumerical[ cmd_String, expr_, pattern_:Number ] :=
	Module[{tmpOut,tmpIn,result},
		tmpOut = OpenTemporary[];
		tmpIn = OpenTemporary[];
		Close[tmpIn]; (* hack to get a file name *)
		Write[tmpOut,expr];
		WriteString[tmpOut,"\n"];
		Close[tmpOut];
		Run[ToString[StringForm[
			"/usr/bin/tr -d '{,}' < `1` | `2` > `3`",
			System`Private`StreamFileName[tmpOut],
			cmd,
			System`Private`StreamFileName[tmpIn] ]]];
		result = ReadList[ToString[StringForm[
			"`1`",
			System`Private`StreamFileName[tmpIn]]], 

			pattern];
		Run[ToString[StringForm[
			"/bin/rm `1` `2`",
			System`Private`StreamFileName[tmpOut],
			System`Private`StreamFileName[tmpIn] ]]];
		result
	]
	
Count the number of started shells...

Sigh, any help appreciated.


	-Magnus
---


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		Stanford University
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