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That's because cat is unixy. You can concatenate any file to any file with it. That doesn't mean those files are unixy, it means the program is unixy.
by mveety 11y ago
That's because cat is unixy. You can concatenate any file to any file with it. That doesn't mean those files are unixy, it means the program is unixy.
- chris_wot 11y agoNot sure I understand your point. You just stated the purpose of cat, the tool being criticised isn't cat (so badly named) but does one job well - output binary logs into textual form onto standard output.