5 ms·I do it because it's easier than remembering grep's argument order.by meruru 8y agoI do it because it's easier than remembering grep's argument order.anoncake 8y agoMore importantly, it is easier to remember how every tool expects the file argument. cat | foo always works.frou_dh 8y agoTry this then, to hook up the file to grep's stdin directly. <filename grep foomeruru 8y agoNeat!