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➜ ~ cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep "^porn" pornerastic pornocracy pornocrat pornograph pornographer pornographic pornographically pornographist por

• jjoonathan 12y ago
  > pornocracy Is this what we will call it when the NSA starts blackmailing politicians with their internet histories?
  • 1ris 12y ago
    It means rule of the whores and is a certain period in the catholic church.
    • DanBC 12y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_obscurum > Saeculum obscurum (Latin: the Dark Age) is a name given to a period in the history of the Papacy during the first half of the 10th century, beginning with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasting for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964. During this period, the Popes were influenced strongly by a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family, the Theophylacti, and their relatives.
• cbd1984 12y ago
  Why are you catting a single file into grep?
  • WestCoastJustin 12y ago
    Muscle memory. I find myself doing this all the time too, it is just a universal way of filtering things down, so I don't worry about it too much. Like when using lsof, sure you can use filters via lsof itself, but sometimes you just use "lsof |grep" because it is easier than looking up the correct option. The performance to muscle memory tradeoff is worth it.
    • juliangregorian 12y ago
      I think GP may be referring to the "unnecessary use of cat"
• cbd1984 12y ago
  The correct way: grep "^porn" /usr/share/dict/words
  • michaelmior 12y ago
    Nothing incorrect about using cat. It makes almost zero practical difference except saving a couple keystrokes. There are some scenarios where it actually matters, but this isn't one of them.