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Date:      Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:24:01 -0700
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: a perl question
Message-ID:  <20110105062401.GB74123@guilt.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <86pqsc3774.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:33:03AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Patrick" =3D=3D Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick.bihan-faou@teambox.fr>=
 writes:
>=20
> Patrick> cat asdf.txt | grep -v XYZ | grep -v bla
>=20
> And yet, you still have the "Useless Use of Cat".

The weirdest thing about most useless uses of cat is that not using cat
would actually be a little clearer and involve fewer keystrokes -- as in
this case.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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