Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:51:57 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a perl question Message-ID: <20110106005157.4f030324@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20110105221302.GA77555@guilt.hydra> References: <117654.42578.qm@web121409.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <AANLkTinEksoXQAA4ZAziE59h%2BLRTxSgSy2WZy6UaQne%2B@mail.gmail.com> <4D231CB7.2060902@teambox.fr> <86pqsc3774.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20110105062401.GB74123@guilt.hydra> <20110105160514.GA94459@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110105221538.26daeb0d@gumby.homeunix.com> <20110105221302.GA77555@guilt.hydra>
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 15:13:02 -0700 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > In this case, example was: > > cat file | foo arg > > . . . where it could have been: > > foo arg file > > That's just kind of absurd. I mean, that sort of usage (foo arg > file) is exactly the purpose for which grep was designed. > Obviously, I'm talking about the general case. If I'd meant grep I'd have written grep and not foo.
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