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Misuse of cat suggested in wiki #45

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expectocode opened this issue Jul 11, 2017 · 2 comments
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Misuse of cat suggested in wiki #45

expectocode opened this issue Jul 11, 2017 · 2 comments

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@expectocode
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expectocode commented Jul 11, 2017 •
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When giving file input to a *nix command, you can use command < file rather than cat file | command
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Okay? It's not a misuse of cat though, it's a stylistic choice. And using cat is more extensible, cause you can cat multiple files in a specific order when piping them into a command.

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makc commented Jul 12, 2017

do not misuse cats.

it makes them sad

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