Why Nostr? What is Njump?
2023-09-23 16:30:37
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~robby on Nostr: npub1sg4rc…7xslc Semantically I am thinking of something like: a | b | c 1| d 1| e ...

Semantically I am thinking of something like:

a | b | c 1| d 1| e 2| f


which would pipe the output of a into b, and the output of b into c, d, and e, and the output of c into f. This would intermix the output of d, e, and f into stdout because nothing is capturing their outputs.

A similar indexing could be used for redirection.

a | b | c 1| d 1| e 2| f 3> d.log 4> e.log


This would write the stdout of d and e to d.log and e.log respectively, and only the output of f would be displayed.

As for actual syntax to do this, I think the pipe-bracket syntax you use for selecting a fd to pipe would actually be perfect for this. I am having a hard time thinking of another syntax that I think would be a great fit for this feature.
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