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Date:      16 Nov 2004 12:04:57 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Finding options for ports
Message-ID:  <44d5ydiv2e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <A4643C469A4770D21E7AA266@utd49554.utdallas.edu>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0411151215270.18509@vp4.netgate.net> <200411151324.09969.ringworm@inbox.lv> <20041115184642.337300c8@dolphin.local.net> <A4643C469A4770D21E7AA266@utd49554.utdallas.edu>

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Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> writes:

> --On Monday, November 15, 2004 06:46:42 PM -0600 "Conrad J. Sabatier"
> <conrads@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > This is a useless use of "cat".  You could accomplish the same thing
> > with:
> >
> > grep WITH Makefile
> 
> When there are ten different ways to skin a cat, what makes one way
> inherently better than another?

Efficiency.
Using cat(1) spins off a subprocess.

http://sial.org/howto/shell/useless-cat/

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/



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