From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26678 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2020 00:30:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Dec 2020 00:30:36 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D45EE9CA4B; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:30:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4291E9CA4F; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:29:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8B0D79CA4B; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:29:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta03p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta03p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.3]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BB559CA4A for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:29:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep03p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20201204002941.VMXE24830.nsstlfep03p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:29:41 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrudeijedgvdefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkeeiteejueeuhfefgeeuvdduieefvedugfevtdffkefhffejkefhuddtteehtefhnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5F70FF6818AF2A72 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:29:41 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 0B40TfQF000900 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:29:41 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 0B40Td6Q000897 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:29:41 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:29:38 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <20201203204301.GW19746@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: References: <20201203204301.GW19746@mcvoy.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] The UNIX Command Language (1976) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Thu, 3 Dec 2020, Larry McVoy wrote: > Wasn't there a version that was > > cat whatever ^ wc -l Sort of pipe-related, but one thing that really gets my goat is the inefficient redundancy in "cat file | process" when "process < file" will suffice (and I'll bet that I'm not alone). And yes, "^" preceded "|" for reasons discussed later in this thread. -- Dave