[GRASS5] [bug #1194] (grass) Data stream option for v.in.ascii

[Glynn Clements]

Request Tracker wrote:

> Subject: Data stream option for v.in.ascii
> 
> Platform: GNU/Linux/i386
> grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
> GRASS Version: 5pre4
> 
> v.in.ascii still lacks a piping option.
> 
> Such a thing like
> 
> cat mycoolfile.txt| v.in.ascii 
> 
> would sometimes be useful.

The problem is more general; v.in.ascii reads from a GRASS map, rather
than a file. IMHO, it should be made to behave like any other *.in.*
program.

If it could read from an arbitrary file, "v.in.ascii input=/dev/stdin"
would work.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>