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Re:Perfection is a modern heresy by graysonk on Monday September 04, 2017 @07:24PM (#15171462)
You don't need the cat pipe. Just grep on the filename

But I agree entirely. I go back to things I did even a year ago and desperately wish I had documented more.

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Re:Perfection is a modern heresy by btschaegg on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @12:36AM (#15172567)
I see that "useless use of cat" awards haven't died out yet.

Now I'm left wondering if that makes a point for or against the OP's arguments. ;-)

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Re:Perfection is a modern heresy by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @06:34AM (#15173892)
As a side effect of my 9-5 job I think of everything in terms of inputs and outputs that get piped into things and get piped places.
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