execute stdin ?

[Joe Smith]

In article <3335 at gmdzi.gmd.de> wittig at gmdzi.gmd.de (Georg Wittig) writes:
>Is it possible (in sh or in csh) to execute a program that is read from stdin?

Yes, use the "-s" option to sh.  For example:

	(echo 'ls -l $1'; echo 'wc $1') | sh -s /etc/motd

As simple as that.
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