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how to do something like this correctly




$: lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html < firefox




also tried




$: firefox < "lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html"




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  • In zsh you could do firefox =(lshw -html). In bash I don't see a way without repeating the file name in some way.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • check this (the "data uri" answer) for a way how to do it in bash: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/… Nice and ugly trick.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • thanks , it worked . But the html appeared like as a source like this ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content="lshw-B.02.18" /> <style type="text/css"> .first {font-weight: bold; margin-left: none; padding-right: 1em;vertical-align: top; } .......

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago




















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how to do something like this correctly




$: lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html < firefox




also tried




$: firefox < "lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html"




thanks










share|improve this question







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  • In zsh you could do firefox =(lshw -html). In bash I don't see a way without repeating the file name in some way.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • check this (the "data uri" answer) for a way how to do it in bash: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/… Nice and ugly trick.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • thanks , it worked . But the html appeared like as a source like this ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content="lshw-B.02.18" /> <style type="text/css"> .first {font-weight: bold; margin-left: none; padding-right: 1em;vertical-align: top; } .......

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago
















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how to do something like this correctly




$: lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html < firefox




also tried




$: firefox < "lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html"




thanks










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how to do something like this correctly




$: lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html < firefox




also tried




$: firefox < "lshw -html > /tmp/specs.html"




thanks







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  • In zsh you could do firefox =(lshw -html). In bash I don't see a way without repeating the file name in some way.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • check this (the "data uri" answer) for a way how to do it in bash: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/… Nice and ugly trick.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • thanks , it worked . But the html appeared like as a source like this ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content="lshw-B.02.18" /> <style type="text/css"> .first {font-weight: bold; margin-left: none; padding-right: 1em;vertical-align: top; } .......

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago





















  • In zsh you could do firefox =(lshw -html). In bash I don't see a way without repeating the file name in some way.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • check this (the "data uri" answer) for a way how to do it in bash: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/… Nice and ugly trick.

    – Sebastian Stark
    3 hours ago













  • thanks , it worked . But the html appeared like as a source like this ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content="lshw-B.02.18" /> <style type="text/css"> .first {font-weight: bold; margin-left: none; padding-right: 1em;vertical-align: top; } .......

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago



















In zsh you could do firefox =(lshw -html). In bash I don't see a way without repeating the file name in some way.

– Sebastian Stark
3 hours ago







In zsh you could do firefox =(lshw -html). In bash I don't see a way without repeating the file name in some way.

– Sebastian Stark
3 hours ago















check this (the "data uri" answer) for a way how to do it in bash: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/… Nice and ugly trick.

– Sebastian Stark
3 hours ago







check this (the "data uri" answer) for a way how to do it in bash: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/24931/… Nice and ugly trick.

– Sebastian Stark
3 hours ago















thanks , it worked . But the html appeared like as a source like this ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content="lshw-B.02.18" /> <style type="text/css"> .first {font-weight: bold; margin-left: none; padding-right: 1em;vertical-align: top; } .......

– Mostafa Esmail
3 hours ago







thanks , it worked . But the html appeared like as a source like this ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content="lshw-B.02.18" /> <style type="text/css"> .first {font-weight: bold; margin-left: none; padding-right: 1em;vertical-align: top; } .......

– Mostafa Esmail
3 hours ago












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You should output lshw to a file, and open that file with firefox, as follows:



lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html


Or



sudo lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html





share|improve this answer
























  • thanks for the answer , but I don't want to write the filename again

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago













  • I mean , I want to use the output file "specs.html" as an input for the command firefox

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago











  • Would using a variable solve your issue? e.g. FILE="/tmp/specs.html"; lshw -html > $FILE && firefox $FILE.

    – Jules Lamur
    2 hours ago













  • thanks , but this is the same ,, you wrote $FILE twice

    – Mostafa Esmail
    1 hour ago











  • $ echo <(lshw -html) produces "/dev/fd/63", wc -l <(lshw -html) /dev/null produces "471 /dev/fd/63 ...". So why does firefox <(lshw -html) produce "Firefox can’t find the file at /dev/fd/pipe"?

    – Ray Butterworth
    23 mins ago












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You should output lshw to a file, and open that file with firefox, as follows:



lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html


Or



sudo lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html





share|improve this answer
























  • thanks for the answer , but I don't want to write the filename again

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago













  • I mean , I want to use the output file "specs.html" as an input for the command firefox

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago











  • Would using a variable solve your issue? e.g. FILE="/tmp/specs.html"; lshw -html > $FILE && firefox $FILE.

    – Jules Lamur
    2 hours ago













  • thanks , but this is the same ,, you wrote $FILE twice

    – Mostafa Esmail
    1 hour ago











  • $ echo <(lshw -html) produces "/dev/fd/63", wc -l <(lshw -html) /dev/null produces "471 /dev/fd/63 ...". So why does firefox <(lshw -html) produce "Firefox can’t find the file at /dev/fd/pipe"?

    – Ray Butterworth
    23 mins ago
















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You should output lshw to a file, and open that file with firefox, as follows:



lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html


Or



sudo lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html





share|improve this answer
























  • thanks for the answer , but I don't want to write the filename again

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago













  • I mean , I want to use the output file "specs.html" as an input for the command firefox

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago











  • Would using a variable solve your issue? e.g. FILE="/tmp/specs.html"; lshw -html > $FILE && firefox $FILE.

    – Jules Lamur
    2 hours ago













  • thanks , but this is the same ,, you wrote $FILE twice

    – Mostafa Esmail
    1 hour ago











  • $ echo <(lshw -html) produces "/dev/fd/63", wc -l <(lshw -html) /dev/null produces "471 /dev/fd/63 ...". So why does firefox <(lshw -html) produce "Firefox can’t find the file at /dev/fd/pipe"?

    – Ray Butterworth
    23 mins ago














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You should output lshw to a file, and open that file with firefox, as follows:



lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html


Or



sudo lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html





share|improve this answer













You should output lshw to a file, and open that file with firefox, as follows:



lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html


Or



sudo lshw -html >/tmp/specs.html && firefox /tmp/specs.html






share|improve this answer












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  • thanks for the answer , but I don't want to write the filename again

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago













  • I mean , I want to use the output file "specs.html" as an input for the command firefox

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago











  • Would using a variable solve your issue? e.g. FILE="/tmp/specs.html"; lshw -html > $FILE && firefox $FILE.

    – Jules Lamur
    2 hours ago













  • thanks , but this is the same ,, you wrote $FILE twice

    – Mostafa Esmail
    1 hour ago











  • $ echo <(lshw -html) produces "/dev/fd/63", wc -l <(lshw -html) /dev/null produces "471 /dev/fd/63 ...". So why does firefox <(lshw -html) produce "Firefox can’t find the file at /dev/fd/pipe"?

    – Ray Butterworth
    23 mins ago



















  • thanks for the answer , but I don't want to write the filename again

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago













  • I mean , I want to use the output file "specs.html" as an input for the command firefox

    – Mostafa Esmail
    3 hours ago











  • Would using a variable solve your issue? e.g. FILE="/tmp/specs.html"; lshw -html > $FILE && firefox $FILE.

    – Jules Lamur
    2 hours ago













  • thanks , but this is the same ,, you wrote $FILE twice

    – Mostafa Esmail
    1 hour ago











  • $ echo <(lshw -html) produces "/dev/fd/63", wc -l <(lshw -html) /dev/null produces "471 /dev/fd/63 ...". So why does firefox <(lshw -html) produce "Firefox can’t find the file at /dev/fd/pipe"?

    – Ray Butterworth
    23 mins ago

















thanks for the answer , but I don't want to write the filename again

– Mostafa Esmail
3 hours ago







thanks for the answer , but I don't want to write the filename again

– Mostafa Esmail
3 hours ago















I mean , I want to use the output file "specs.html" as an input for the command firefox

– Mostafa Esmail
3 hours ago





I mean , I want to use the output file "specs.html" as an input for the command firefox

– Mostafa Esmail
3 hours ago













Would using a variable solve your issue? e.g. FILE="/tmp/specs.html"; lshw -html > $FILE && firefox $FILE.

– Jules Lamur
2 hours ago







Would using a variable solve your issue? e.g. FILE="/tmp/specs.html"; lshw -html > $FILE && firefox $FILE.

– Jules Lamur
2 hours ago















thanks , but this is the same ,, you wrote $FILE twice

– Mostafa Esmail
1 hour ago





thanks , but this is the same ,, you wrote $FILE twice

– Mostafa Esmail
1 hour ago













$ echo <(lshw -html) produces "/dev/fd/63", wc -l <(lshw -html) /dev/null produces "471 /dev/fd/63 ...". So why does firefox <(lshw -html) produce "Firefox can’t find the file at /dev/fd/pipe"?

– Ray Butterworth
23 mins ago





$ echo <(lshw -html) produces "/dev/fd/63", wc -l <(lshw -html) /dev/null produces "471 /dev/fd/63 ...". So why does firefox <(lshw -html) produce "Firefox can’t find the file at /dev/fd/pipe"?

– Ray Butterworth
23 mins ago










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