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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.