[PLUG] PLUG cat-like command

Jeff_W jgw at tx0.org
Sun Dec 20 06:18:16 UTC 2009


Brian Wood wrote...
> Is there a command something like cat that will copy a
> file into the copy/paste buffer, so I can paste the contents
> somewhere after running the command?

tee(1) is kinda like what you've described:

 ex. # fortune | tee /tmp/fortune_catcher.txt


> Also I'd like to find someone willing to give me an account
> on a big-endian machine.  I'm willing to give that person
> investments in Ebenezer Enterprises in exchange.

Free(ish) accounts on DEC Alpha systems running NetBSD at
freeshell.org.  To open an account (or just visit) telnet
in and login with "new".  Or maybe you meant something running
Linux?

HTH,
Jeff W.




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