Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> | So far, it includes the following utilities:
>> |  - sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file
> 
> Eh? That sounds like 'cat > file'...

I was wondering that too.
It basically buffers the file in mem
so that one can modify a file through a filter
without the need for explicit temporary files.

Pádraig.


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