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Date:      Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:21:22 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: head behaviour
Message-ID:  <4C0C1F62.8050206@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <86d3w3yflj.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <20100605201242.C79345B52@mail.bitblocks.com>	<4C0AB448.2040104@FreeBSD.org> <86r5kk6xju.fsf@ds4.des.no>	<4C0C1A0B.4090409@FreeBSD.org> <86d3w3yflj.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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On 06/06/10 15:13, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> The second command will receive whatever is left after the first is
> done.  Otherwise, read(1) loops wouldn't work.  You chose a poor
> example, since cat(1) consumes*everything*.

Fair enough. My point remains though, using this technique is liable to 
lead to unpredictable results. :)


Doug

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