[PD] [Pd] Arbitrary command line arguments

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Sun Oct 28 17:31:38 CET 2007


You might be interested in pdsend and pdreceive, the command line  
tools included with pd.

.hc

On Oct 28, 2007, at 9:06 AM, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

> In the patch:
> [receive bajesus]
> |
> [particular]
>
> In the command line:
> pd -open <patch> -send ";bajesus sugar-smacks"
> The semicolon makes all the difference.
> I also found that it works to say
> -send ";bajesus $VAR" inside a bash script, if you're into that  
> kind of thing.
> I have no idea where the message goes if you don't use a semicolon.
>
> -Chuckk
>
> On 10/28/07, David Merrill <david.merrill at gmail.com> wrote:
> hey Chuckk -
> I was wondering about this just yesterday.. How do you address the  
> message to a particular object when you invoke the -send flag from  
> the command line? Can you show an example?
> thanks,
> -David M.
>
> On Oct 28, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>
>> Okay, I figured out -send.
>> -Chuckk
>>
>> On 10/28/07, Chuckk Hubbard < badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is it possible to send a command-line argument that can be used as  
>> $n inside a patch?  If not, it might make a nice feature some day.
>> -Chuckk
>>
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