[PLUG] Re: Okay after awk I need....
Aaron Burt
aaron at bavariati.org
Sun May 8 01:39:37 UTC 2005
On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 04:13:44PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Aaron" == Aaron Burt <aaron at bavariati.org> writes:
>
> Aaron> For me it's simple: If you're reading a pipeline, it should go
> Aaron> left-to-right, with minimal ambiguity about where the data's coming
> Aaron> from and what's being done to it.
>
> So, start it with <filename. No need to waste a process.
Heck, cat's a builtin most of the time, innit?
Remainder of my argument elided, since it's purely about habit,
personal aesthetics and some finer points of *nix pedagogy.
It seems extremely nitpicky to criticize the use of cat instead of <
(Kinda like criticizing a mechanic for using a socket wrench when a
combo will do) so I figure I must be missing the point.
> I even say that in my UUOC award. Did you read the referenced URL? No?
> I'm shocked. :)
Couldn't be arsed to shell out and fire up lynx. Did you read my
User-Agent header? No? I'm shocked. ;)
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