Piping multiple results

Maya
1

quick question that i've been wordering about for a long time:

is there anyway to pipe a return value into another command and then gather that return value in one line? for instance:

if (sizelistConnections -s 1 -d 0 group5.translateX)
print "spankn";
}

this doesn't work, but this gives you the gist of what i want to do. like the way you can continuously pipe one result into the next command in tshell with the | operator.

thanks,
chad

2

like this?

if (size(listConnections -s 1 -d 0 group5.translateX)) {
print "spankn";
}

3

do you mean more like this?:

string $shapes[] = ls -type "mesh"listRelatives -c ls -sl;

yes, you can.. you do it like this:

string $shapes[] = ls("-type","mesh",(listRelatives("-c",(ls("-sl")))));

and you end up NOT using the at all... it's pretty hard to get right at times but if you get your head round it and approach the construction carefully it can be done!

:nathaN