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Another reason to do `cat | foo` is because you can then quickly change it to `zcat | foo` or some other source for the data by editing the very beginning of th

Another reason to do `cat | foo` is because you can then quickly change it to `zcat | foo` or some other source for the data by editing the very beginning of the command.

pimlottc 3y ago
less is useful for this if you have the lesspipe [0] preprocessor installed 0: https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe
imp0cat 3y ago
Right, but when using grep, one can use zgrep directly to go through archived files.