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Re: Counting number of lines in a text file



On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 21:11:59 +0100, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> I always wonder why people insist on doing
> 	cat file | otherprogram
> instead of just
> 	otherprogram < file

To qualify for the most useless use of cat award of course. Or does Randall
Schwartz (sp) no longer hand those out?

Ray
-- 
UNFAIR  Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried 
to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, 
UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS.     
- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan  


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