On 05/01/2011 22:15, RW wrote: > Personally I find that using cat makes things simpler and less error > prone when reusing pipelines in shell history. > > For example it's easier to edit > > cat file | foo > > into > > cat file | bar | foo > or cat file? | foo > > than editing > > foo < file > > into > > bar < file | foo > or cat file? | foo
Little known factoid -- shell redirections can occur *anywhere* on the
command line.
% > foo cat
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
% < foo tr 'a-z' 'm-za-l'
mnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijkl
Cheers,
Matthew
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
