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Diego Delgado Lages  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>cat file-name | wc -l

I always wonder why people insist on doing

        cat file | otherprogram

instead of just

        otherprogram < file

Which is exactly the same, but saves processing time. Even DOS people
do this, while DOS doesn't even multitask .. cat file | otherprogram
is the same as cat file > tmpfile; otherprogram < tmpfile. Oh well
I need coffee I think

Mike.
-- 
Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

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