I mean good point, but if I’m just using bash as a shell and not writing a script, I’m probably first previewing the contents of a file with cat anyway, and recalling the last command and appending a | grep <pattern> to it is less keystrokes than re-writing the last command into grep <pattern> <file>. Especially if you’re playing around with the pattern and trying to get it right, it’s nice to have the pattern at the end of the line.
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If you’re catting a file into a grep, you can go.
If you’re piping any of those commands to or from awk, you can also go.
I mean good point, but if I’m just using bash as a shell and not writing a script, I’m probably first previewing the contents of a file with
catanyway, and recalling the last command and appending a| grep <pattern>to it is less keystrokes than re-writing the last command intogrep <pattern> <file>. Especially if you’re playing around with the pattern and trying to get it right, it’s nice to have the pattern at the end of the line.