/dev/stdin: SUMMARY

[Tom Newcomb]

I received several answers to my query, one of which clearly explained
something I had foolishly overlooked:
 
>From: denbeste at bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
>
>       ls -1 | sort -r /dev/stdin
>
>...You could then pipe input into programs that were not
>designed to use standard input.

I'd forgotten about pipes altogether.  No more responses are necessary; thanks
to all who mailed me their answers.

Tom Newcomb
newcomb at cory.Berkeley.EDU