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> “Perhaps surprisingly, in practice it turns out that the special case is the main use of the program.” This is, in fact, a Useless Use of Cat [1]. POSIX shel
by stirner 8y ago
> “Perhaps surprisingly, in practice it turns out that the special case is the main use of the program.”
This is, in fact, a Useless Use of Cat [1]. POSIX shells have the < operator for directing a single file to stdin:
figlet <file
[1] http://porkmail.org/era/unix/award.html http://porkmail.org/era/unix/award.html