Funny csh output?

Dug davisd at cpsvax.cps.msu.edu
Wed Feb 28 11:53:56 AEST 1990


Check this out....

% jobs
[1]  + Stopped              cat
% jobs | wc
       0       0       0

Why can't "jobs" get piped into "wc" (word count)?  I can redirect
the output of "jobs" to a file, so why can't I do it to program?

Just wondering if someone out-there knew.

-Dug



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