On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:00:16 +0200, "Roozemond, D.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Example: > > lynx -dump > > http://www.ticketmaster.nl/html/searchResult.htmI?keyword=carlton&l=NL > > | grep resultaten > > > > There is a rather annoying thing happening here. Remember that commands > in bash ending with an ampersand sign & are executed in the background > (i.e. the command is executed and you get your prompt back rather than > having to wait). Argggg! I get it now... > This is what's happening here. If you look carefully to the output, you > might notice there is something like '[1] 4822' at the beginning of the > suspected output, this means your job (lynx) is ran in the background > with PID 4822. Tried it again and you're right, I get a PID before the output... > No need to understand all the above - If you change the '&' in the > webpage address to '\&', it's working: And it is. I completely understand the above, I just didn't look into that direction. Thanks, great help! -- Matthijs [EMAIL PROTECTED] No need to 'cc' me, I read the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
