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UUOC (from comp.unix.shell on [[Usenet]]) stands for "Useless Use of cat"; the reference is to the [[Unix]] command [[cat]](1), not the [[Panthera|feline]] animal. As received wisdom on comp.unix.shell observes, "The purpose of cat is to concatenate (or 'catenate') files. If it's only one file, concatenating it with nothing at all is a waste of time, and costs you a process." Nevertheless one sees people doing |
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cat file | some_command and its args ... |
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<file some_command and its args ... |
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from [[Wikipedia:Cat (Unix)]] |
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[http://sial.org/code/shell/tips/useless-cat/ Useless use of cat] |
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also see: [[cat]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:09, 14 November 2007
UUOC (from comp.unix.shell on Usenet) stands for "Useless Use of cat"; the reference is to the Unix command cat(1), not the feline animal. As received wisdom on comp.unix.shell observes, "The purpose of cat is to concatenate (or 'catenate') files. If it's only one file, concatenating it with nothing at all is a waste of time, and costs you a process." Nevertheless one sees people doing
cat file | some_command and its args ...
instead of the equivalent and cheaper
<file some_command and its args ...
from Wikipedia:Cat (Unix)
also see: cat
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