Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 03:28:20 -0600 From: "Franklin Pierce" <franklin_pierce@operamail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cat Message-ID: <20030227092820.18872.qmail@operamail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: Shantanu Mahajan <shantanoo+fbsd@ieee.org> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:05:27 +0530 To: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@ulyssis.org> Subject: Re: cat > +++ Tijl Coosemans [freebsd] [26-02-03 17:56 +0100]: > | I want to remove CRs from text files so what I did is this: > | > | cat filename | tr -d '\r' > filename Meow. cat is short for concatenate, that is, to combine sequantially. if you are not combining, if you are, in fact, just pumping a file through a command (as "tr -d '\r'") try "<", it saves a processor cycle or twenty and it's syntactically correct, AND ------->>> ----->>> i mean, why not? cat "filename" && grep "freaky deaky" >> quack-quack.txt && page "filename" >> bark-bark.txt && tr -d '\r' < filename > neue-filename && cd /usr/src && make buildworld && rm -r / > | > | However, I often end up with an empty file. Just out of > | interest, somebody who knows why that is? > | > | ------------------------------ > col -bx < filenam > filenam.new > or that, yes. love, Franklin Pierce -- _______________________________________________ http://www.operamail.com Now with OperaMail Premium for only US$29.99/yr Powered by Outblaze To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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