Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:07:13 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a perl question Message-ID: <20110105234451.T49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20110105120012.26D6710656E0@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110105120012.26D6710656E0@hub.freebsd.org>
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In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 344, Issue 4, Message: 14 On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:24:01 -0700 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:33:03AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > >>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick.bihan-faou@teambox.fr> writes: > > > > Patrick> cat asdf.txt | grep -v XYZ | grep -v bla > > > > And yet, you still have the "Useless Use of Cat". > > The weirdest thing about most useless uses of cat is that not using cat > would actually be a little clearer and involve fewer keystrokes -- as in > this case. Do you know of any 'less useless' or more economical way to do such as: % cat /boot/boot1 /boot/boot2 | diff - /boot/boot % ?, Ian
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