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Laura/Ben, Do you mean you're doing something like this: echo "print, 100 &amp; x=7 &amp; print,x" | idl Patrick Broos PS I'm curious why is your message from "Ben" and signed by "Laura". Ben Bernstein wrote: I tried to pipe a series of IDL commands to the IDL executable from a DOS prompt.&nbsp; But they just ended up in the editor window and were not executed.&nbsp; How do I get them to be executed from my DOS prompt?&nbsp; Any help would be appreciated. Laura --&nbsp; ============================================================ ======== Patrick S. Broos, Systems Analyst/Programmer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; patb@astro.psu.edu&nbsp;&nbsp; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics&nbsp; My office&nbsp;&nbsp; 814-863-5505 Penn State University 525 Davey Lab&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FAX&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb sp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 814-863-8686 University Park, PA&nbsp; 16802-6305&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.astro.psu.edu">http://www.astro.psu.edu &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Group office&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 863-9550&nbsp; ============================================================ ======== &nbsp;
Laura, disguised as Ben Bernstein (bernstei@rap.ucar.edu), writes: > I tried to pipe a series of IDL commands to the IDL executable from a > DOS prompt. But they just ended up in the editor window and were not > executed. How do I get them to be executed from my DOS prompt? Any > help would be appreciated. Dream on, I'm afraid. :-( Cheers, David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/ Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155