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[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Chapman <scott_list at mischko.com> writes:

Scott> cat filename | cut -d':' -f1

Useless use of "cat".  Why not just

  cut -d: -f1 filename

Less typing.  Easier on the processor.

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