Re: Not so useless use of cat

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/16/14, 3:00 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:

> That is one of the reasons I don't like the /dev/std{err,in,out}
> things.  They are not portable.  They do different things on different
> systems.  I avoid them.

I've considered emulating it everywhere, regardless of what the OS
provides, but I'd get just as many complaints if I did that.

Chet
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