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Old 10-05-2010
Reading from Screen/Standard Output
Is it possible to read from the screen or standard output? If so, may I know how I can do this?

For example, I have an application running which prints out the following on the screen:

Starting tools from .image-tools...
imagecontrol_1: SECS/GEM-capable version is running
done
cindy@pgunix 107 >

Is it possible for me to read what was printed on screen by the application (lines in red fonts) by using a script, etc..?

I hope my question is clear enough. Thanks in advance for your help.
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Old 10-05-2010
Perhaps use script.
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Perhaps use script.
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