https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58796

--- Comment #23 from Tim Landscheidt <t...@tim-landscheidt.de> ---
(In reply to DrTrigon from comment #22)
> > > [...]
> > 
> > > 'cat' is a programm that is supposed to take the standard input and pipe 
> > > it
> > > then to a file (I would love to do this more directly if possible). That
> > > fits exactly in to the explanation on [[wikitech:Nova
> > > Resource:Tools/Help#Processing email programatically]].

> > > [...]

> > cat always outputs to standard output; cf. cat(1):

> > | DESCRIPTION
> > |        Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard
> > |        output.

> ...and from there through pipe into file, right?

No, that is set up by the shell.  cat does not know which file (or pipe) its
output is redirected to.

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