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Ugly UUOC (Useless Use Of Cat). Damn peoples, please i appreciate your will to share, but share good contents and stop spreading bad shell patterns....
by netmonk 7y ago
Ugly UUOC (Useless Use Of Cat). Damn peoples, please i appreciate your will to share, but share good contents and stop spreading bad shell patterns....
- Hikikomori 7y agoYes, it made the whole article useless.
- robertelder 7y agoI assume you're just joking around, but to you and the parent comment, I'd be happy to hear any good arguments for avoiding 'useless' cat. Note that I did mentioned 'useless cat' in the article, and there is already a comment thread in this article that contains my opinions on it.
- netmonk 7y agoSo why should we repeat ?
- helij 7y agoThe person shared their knowledge in the best way they know. It might inspire some to go and take a look and figure even better ways to do the task.
- FZ1 7y agoUUOC is a pedantic ford-chevy argument.
- SanchoPanda 7y agoUseless use of cat is almost always more readable and better for explanation. It shows the direction of a pipe unambiguously and splits out commands from files at a quick glance.