On Mon 25 Jul 2005 11:37, Proinnsias Breathnach wrote:
> > I think "ls | cat"
>> And today's "Useless Use of cat Award" goes to ...
Why so?
I could have said "redirecting or piping the output" but that seemed simpler.
I don't think normal people ever say "ls -1".
It shows excessive devotion to man pages.
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