[coreutils] [PATCH] coreutils new feature: split --filter (original) (raw)

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For some years now I've been bemoaning the lack of a `split --filter=COMMAND' feature, which would write to pipes instead of files, instead of having to split to a set of files and then run the filter on each of them. The environment variable FILE is set to the name of the file that would have been written; it's the command's responsibility to use that string appropriately. Sample usage (note proper quoting of $FILE): $ split --filter 'gzip >$FILE.gz'

The details turned out to be rather trickier than I'd expected, but I think it's ready to be shared with the folks in charge of coreutils. Source patch attached. I haven't touched the documentation or tests.

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• [coreutils] [PATCH] coreutils new feature: split --filter,Karl Heuer <=
  • Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] coreutils new feature: split --filter, Eric Blake, 2011/01/07
  • Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] coreutils new feature: split --filter, Jim Meyering, 2011/01/07
  • Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] coreutils new feature: split --filter, Karl Heuer, 2011/01/07
    * Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] coreutils new feature: split --filter, Jim Meyering, 2011/01/07

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