Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
Okay, interact with the text window then hit enter once, and then try hitting up arrow once and listen to what happens.On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: I did. nothing. I heard the sound meaning there's nothing there, the hollow pop sound as I call it. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Interact with the text window then try reading, that sometimes works in cases like these.On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: Yeah I tried that and it opeend a blank document with a n odd title in text edit. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Sarah, Did you get it to work? Note there are two special characters in the command, these are important to get right... 1. There is a pipe or OR bar as some might call it, (In US keyboards it is a shifted back slash). This was between say and open. This command is used in terminal to say send all the output from the left side into the right side. (I hope that simplification makes sense. 2. A minus sign in front of the f. the minus sign makes the f an option instead of a file name argument. HTH Best wishes, Jon On 24/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home. S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
Ok I'll redo the command later when I have more energy. lol! S On Sep 28, 2010, at 5:40 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Okay, interact with the text window then hit enter once, and then try hitting up arrow once and listen to what happens.On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: I did. nothing. I heard the sound meaning there's nothing there, the hollow pop sound as I call it. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Interact with the text window then try reading, that sometimes works in cases like these.On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: Yeah I tried that and it opeend a blank document with a n odd title in text edit. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Sarah, Did you get it to work? Note there are two special characters in the command, these are important to get right... 1. There is a pipe or OR bar as some might call it, (In US keyboards it is a shifted back slash). This was between say and open. This command is used in terminal to say send all the output from the left side into the right side. (I hope that simplification makes sense. 2. A minus sign in front of the f. the minus sign makes the f an option instead of a file name argument. HTH Best wishes, Jon On 24/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home. S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
Sarah, Did you get it to work? Note there are two special characters in the command, these are important to get right... 1. There is a pipe or OR bar as some might call it, (In US keyboards it is a shifted back slash). This was between say and open. This command is used in terminal to say send all the output from the left side into the right side. (I hope that simplification makes sense. 2. A minus sign in front of the f. the minus sign makes the f an option instead of a file name argument. HTH Best wishes, Jon On 24/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home. S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
Yeah I tried that and it opeend a blank document with a n odd title in text edit. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Sarah, Did you get it to work? Note there are two special characters in the command, these are important to get right... 1. There is a pipe or OR bar as some might call it, (In US keyboards it is a shifted back slash). This was between say and open. This command is used in terminal to say send all the output from the left side into the right side. (I hope that simplification makes sense. 2. A minus sign in front of the f. the minus sign makes the f an option instead of a file name argument. HTH Best wishes, Jon On 24/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home. S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
Interact with the text window then try reading, that sometimes works in cases like these.On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: Yeah I tried that and it opeend a blank document with a n odd title in text edit. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Sarah, Did you get it to work? Note there are two special characters in the command, these are important to get right... 1. There is a pipe or OR bar as some might call it, (In US keyboards it is a shifted back slash). This was between say and open. This command is used in terminal to say send all the output from the left side into the right side. (I hope that simplification makes sense. 2. A minus sign in front of the f. the minus sign makes the f an option instead of a file name argument. HTH Best wishes, Jon On 24/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home. S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
I did. nothing. I heard the sound meaning there's nothing there, the hollow pop sound as I call it. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Interact with the text window then try reading, that sometimes works in cases like these.On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: Yeah I tried that and it opeend a blank document with a n odd title in text edit. lol! On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Sarah, Did you get it to work? Note there are two special characters in the command, these are important to get right... 1. There is a pipe or OR bar as some might call it, (In US keyboards it is a shifted back slash). This was between say and open. This command is used in terminal to say send all the output from the left side into the right side. (I hope that simplification makes sense. 2. A minus sign in front of the f. the minus sign makes the f an option instead of a file name argument. HTH Best wishes, Jon On 24/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home. S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
I think I got it but not sure. it opened something but my text edit window was blank. I'll look again when I get home. S On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: It is more likely that I didn't write the command correcI will test my command with a cut and paste from home to ensure Iformatted it correctly. It should'nt take more then 3 seconds. Jon instantaenious. On 23/09/2010, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Useful hint for terminal users open -f
Hmm how long does this process of manual creation last? I waited about 1 to 2 minutes and text edit did not open with the manual for the say command. Take care. Maybe I'm not patient enough. S On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I was playing around with making fun of droid adds. So I created a sound file... say -o droiddead.aiff -v cello droid. is. dead. Long live I Phone I thought hmm, I should be able to open this from the termial and not have to switch to the finder. In the process, I discoverd that there is a -f option to open that we will find useful. An example but not too usefull. man say | open -f This command will create a manual for the say command and then open that manual in textedit (or perhaps your preferred text editor ). Have fun with this, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
