Re: [dev] [st] terminal as a pipe reader

From: Greg Reagle <Greagle_AT_FastMail.FM>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:54:13 -0400

On Fri Aug 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM EDT, avidseeker wrote:

> $ cmd1 | st -e 'vipe' | cmd2

This works for me: /usr/bin/ls | EDITOR='xterm -e nano' vipe | sort

The ls command generates some text which I can edit in nano in its own
xterm. I save and quit from nano and the modified text data gets piped
into sort. Of course you can choose any editor and any terminal
emulator that you want.
Received on Mon Oct 27 2025 - 18:54:13 CET