XFILTER(l) XFILTER(l)
27 January 1992
NAME
xfilter - X Window System File/Data Filter Application
SYNOPSIS
xfilter [-help]
DESCRIPTION
xfilter provides a Motif-based, X front-end to UNIX filter commands
such as spell(1), tr(1), etc. xfilter applies a UNIX filter, as
specified in the text entry area labeled "Filter:", (with or without
options) to common X data storage locations. It uses the specified
input and output devices/locations as analogs to standard input and
standard output files in a command line execution of the filter. If
no filter is specified, pressing the "Filter" button simply copies the
input to the output. For example, setting "Input:" to "Primary
selection", "Output:" to "Text window", and "Filter:" to "spell", will
apply spell(1) to the selected text, reporting questionable word
spellings in the scrollable text window. xfilter performs all of its
data manipulation operations in memory; therefore, using xfilter as a
X-based replacement for the cp(1) command is a bad idea. See the help
system for more information.
AUTHOR
Jerry Smith, Iris Computing Laboratories
Copyright 1992, Iris Computing Laboratories
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