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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