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Re:Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal ... by jmholla on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @09:20PM (#31022362)
I use cat like this all the time. It means I can easily change whatever program I'm using to interact with the program (e.g. switching `tr` to `sed`).
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Re:Ask HN: Have you created programs for only your personal ... by yakubin on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:56AM (#31026327)
You can replace "cat /usr/share/dict |" in that invokation with "</usr/share/dict" and it will be equally easy to switch between tr and sed. Yes, you can put that redirection at the start, not just at the end of a command line. Although I admit I still haven't got used to doing it.
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