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How to use tee to pipe stdin to two scripts?
by Chris G 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

I want to send standard input to two places, both of which are shell (well, actually python and perl) scripts. I assume I need to use tee but it's not obvious how to do it. My actual requirement is for .forward to send incoming mail messages to an (old) perl script and a (new, replacement) python script while I write and debug the new python script. The existing .forward file is:- | /home/isbd/bin/filter.pl How do I change this so it sends its standard input to both /home/isbd/bin/filter.pl *and* /home/isbd/bin/filter.py? -- Chris Green

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HTML Mail / Asus EEE PC for £186.70 at Marshall Wards
by Martin Collins 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

Guilty. But I was unaware that I was doing it as I was using the web interface of GMail rather than KMail as I've temporarily lost access to my laptop. It's not glaringly obvious how to send plain text via the GMail web interface but when composing a message, there's a line just above the message-text entry box that has Bold and Italic and Underline symbols...on the end is a blue link that says << Plain text - Doh! I suppose the Bold, Italic and Underline symbols should have told me something!! Guilty, guilty, guilty. The original message was this but unsure now whether it's still active. Hi, thought some of you might be interested in this. Got this info from http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/163077/asus-eee-pc-4gb-blk-or-white-186-70/ If you goto Marshall Wards site and (register) order an 4GB Black or White Asus EEE PC and enter the code XX214 you'll get 20% off, bringing the price down to £186.70. In stock delivery in 7 days. A Linux bargain! Rgds, Martin

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