Recent changes on "www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/uuoc/
"
- 03-01-2022:
- improved wording about "cat --"
- link fix for "cat -v considered harmful"
- 04-09-2016:
- handy example from Janis Papanagnou which automatically uses a local copy
of a remote file if available
- the item "empty filter" was improved a lot by Janis Papanagnou's
variant of using a function instead of a variable
- 11-07-2014:
- a process could "remove" itself from a pipeline by replacing itself with cat
- 16-08-2013:
- commandline "webserver" is another useful example for "embedded cat"
- 08-08-2013:
- another useful example for "embedded cat", from Tom Rodman
- 31-13-2010:
- added local pdf version of linked Pike&Kernighan cat -v rant (postscript)
- 26-02-2010:
- hint from Janis Papanagnou about embedding here-docs in pielines
- hint from Janis Papanagnou about avoiding cat with the non-portable
$(< file)
- mention gzip-1.2.4 as example for a tool without large file support
- 05-01-2009:
- fix:
{ cmd || true; }
is a filter
- 05-01-2009:
- improve explanation for the subjective advantage of using cat when writing a new filter.
- recently: add tr as example for a tool only reading from STDIN
- 28-11-2008:
- added "redirect to a file if there was no command"
- link to explanation of ${1+"$@"}
- 12-11-2008:
- added "easy switching between different types of input"
- careful with here-docs in functions
- link to recent changes
- 16-10-2007:
- 08-01-2007:
- conv file to args: careful with IFS
- 18-12-2006:
- added: filter only reads STDIN
- reordered
- 12-07-2006:
- mention: this contrasts or complements Randal L. Schwart's famous award
- 20-06-2006:
- `cat file`: careful with IFS
- 12-04-2006:
- "convert to arguments" rewritten: uses while instead of for
- 19-01-2006:
- script fix for embedded cat
- made w3c conforming
- 08-01-2006:
- credits for "select": Dan Mercer
- 07-01-2006:
- added cat > textfile
- pipe exit extended about true
- 06-01-2006:
- added: pipe can work around 2GB filesize limits
- 04-01-2006:
- 02-01-2006: