selection as command argument in shell menu

[Tim Hubberstey]

Gerald Grabner wrote:
 > Hi there,
 >
 > I am wondering if it is possible to pass the selection as an argument
 > to a command being called from the shell menu. It only seems possible
 > for the filename and the line number. Does anybody know how to pass
 > the selected text?
 >
 > Many thanks,
 > Gerald

Check out 'xargs'. It takes data from STDIN and passes it as argument(s)
to a specified command.