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While I myself am not a purist, some people would consider this an instance of UUOC: http://porkmail.org/era/unix/award.html http://porkmail.org/era/unix/award.

• Matt3o12_ 8y ago
  The only reason I (and probably many other people) prefer cat | grep instead of just using grep is because it is much easier to change the search term this way. With cat, it’s only a ctrl-W away from using a different term. If I only used grep, i would have to move my cursor which can get pretty annoying with a long file path. That being said, only using grep is my preferred approach (if I don’t forget it) in script and “compact lines” (I.e ssh, watch, and everything that expects the command as a string). If you are grepping a file multiple times, I would recommend to connect to the server anyways (because it is much faster). That being said, if this is a single occurrence, and saves you from the pitfalls of using the local grep instead of the remote one, your approach is preferable in that case.
  • owaty 8y ago
    > If I only used grep, i would have to move my cursor which can get pretty annoying with a long file path. You can also do it like this: < myfile grep mypattern
  • auiya 8y ago
    $ grep term1 $ ^term1^term2^ Try it