On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 10:26:45 -0400, Larry Troxler wrote: > > gimp 2>&1 | sed 's/^/gimp: /g' & > > > > 2>&1 means to redirect the standard error output to the standard output > > ( Device 2 to device 1). > > > > Each error line will be preceded by the command name. > > > > Well, yes, this would work, but it seems very brain-damaged. I mean, do people > really use this approach to keep their output seperate? I generally keep each app on a differnt xterm. > I find it hard to believe that this is the answer. I can't imagine that it's > common practice for everyone to pipe into sed every time they run an X > program. Well would could create start-gimp etc. scripts and put them in /usr/local/bin. I start jack that way because it has so many arguments. - Steve
