Re:For the Love of Pipes
by Sharlin on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:29AM
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Having separate commands for outputting the content of a single file and several files would, however, be an orthogonality violation. YMMV whether having a more descriptive name for the most common use of cat would be worth the drawback.
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Re:For the Love of Pipes
by chrisfinazzo on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:41AM
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It would fit in the broader methodology of 'single purpose tools that do their job well' or 'small pieces, loosely joined', but yes, probably too annoying to bother with.