SPUG: redirecting STDIN

[Tim Maher/CONSULTIX]

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According to Peter Dueber:
> 
> I have some code like this:
> 
> $x="some-string";
> system("TheirProg arg1 arg2..... <in_file>");
> 
> TheirProg expects input from either the file "in_file", or from STDIN if in_file 
> is equal to "-".  
> 
> I don't have the source for TheirProg and I would like STDIN to instead be the 
> contents of string $x.
> 
> Can this be done?
> 

Yep!

	$x="some-string";
	system(" echo '$x' | TheirProg arg1 arg2..... - ");

> 
> 
> Peter Dueber, Esq.
> HIVNET Statistical Center
> Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
> Phone: 206.667.6568
> Fax  : 206.667.4812
> Email: peter at hivnet.fhcrc.org
> 
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