Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --On Monday, November 15, 2004 06:46:42 PM -0600 "Conrad J. Sabatier" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is a useless use of "cat". You could accomplish the same thing > > with: > > > > grep WITH Makefile > > When there are ten different ways to skin a cat, what makes one way > inherently better than another?
Efficiency. Using cat(1) spins off a subprocess. http://sial.org/howto/shell/useless-cat/ -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
