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Slightly off topic, but I noticed it in the article. You can run "wc" directly, you don't need to pipe from cat. Especially since cat on any sufficiently large

• pgeorgi 8y ago
  It's sometimes easier when you're composing command lines: `cat foo | bar` is easier to transform into `cat foo | baz` (esp. when foo or bar are rather long). Also, piping doesn't mean that cat does all its work and only then will it be passed into wc, cat only acts as a rather tiny buffer.
  • pletnes 8y ago
    Just get into the habit of typing < foo bar which is then easier to edit to < foo baz | grep hamspam.
• dvh 8y ago
  Wc will give you filename, if you only need number use cat first.
  • tuukkah 8y ago
    <filename wc