filter

## Name

filter — Generic UNIX filtering tool

## Synopsis

`filter` `command` [`argument`...]

## Description

filter is a generic UNIX filtering tool. It reads data from the standard input, creates a temporary file, executes the desired command (with the absolute filename of the temporary file as the last argument), and writes the contents of the file to the standard output.

## Options

The name of a command (and optional arguments) must be supplied directly on the command line.

## Bugs

Issues can be listed and reported at http://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_list/253/Editor.

## See also

editor(1), mktemp(1)