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minus-squareranzispa@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 days agoFair, but in general I find it way more useful to use cat for piping. In most cases I’ll do something like cat file | program cat file | program | grep cat file | program | grep | cut This gets more complicated if the file is at the end of the command.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoIt wouldn’t be at the end, since you’d still be piping into program program <file | grep | cut
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoAnd <file program | grep | cut works too
Fair, but in general I find it way more useful to use cat for piping.
In most cases I’ll do something like
cat file | program cat file | program | grep cat file | program | grep | cutThis gets more complicated if the file is at the end of the command.
It wouldn’t be at the end, since you’d still be piping into
programprogram <file | grep | cutAnd
<file program | grep | cutworks tooOh, thanks! Didn’t know that
Thanks - I didn’t know this either!