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From the other comment, it is completely equivalent, and I will admit that the pipe is due purely to my ignorance. I usually use `sort` for sorting the output
by MereInterest 13y ago
From the other comment, it is completely equivalent, and I will admit that the pipe is due purely to my ignorance. I usually use `sort` for sorting the output of other commands, and so I forget that it can open a file on its own.
- reycharles 13y agoThat usage of cat is "wrong" in general: cat file | command > out is the same as command < file > out
- rat87 13y agoDon't worry about the cat it does have a purpose: portability. cat in.txt | sort > out.txt works in powershell(cat is an alias for Get-Content and sort is an alias for sort-object)(without the sort it wouln't work).