On 2019-08-31 at 11:16, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 31 Aug 2019 at 10:40:52 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2019-08-31 at 10:32, Teemu Likonen wrote:
>>> Discussions about "useless use of cat" have wasted far more
>>> resources than the actual use of cat command.
>>
>> Agreed. I'm sorry for having started another one (and for
>> continuing it, for that matter, although apparently not sorry
>> enough to have not done so), out of trying to forestall exactly
>> that.
>
> I wouldn't worry about it. Hey, how about this for a cat function
> that I've occasionally found use for:
>
> function -cat {
> cat
> }
>
> I don't know whether it's obvious where one might use this.
It isn't to me, at least, although trying to figure it out is an
interesting brainteaser.
--
The Wanderer
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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