I’ve been ‘told off’ so many times by the internet for my cat and grep combos that I still do it, then I remove the cat, it still works, and I feel better. shrug
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In the back of my mind I know this is there, but the
cat | greppattern is just muscle memory at this pointI’ve been ‘told off’ so many times by the internet for my cat and grep combos that I still do it, then I remove the cat, it still works, and I feel better. shrug
Just remember that if you aren’t actually concatenating files,
catis always unnecessary.for me as well.