Tue 97-12-09 era eriksson <era(_at_)iki(_dot_)fi> list.procmail
| On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:32:58 -0800 (PST), david hunt <dh(_at_)west(_dot_)net>
| >> (Useless Use of Cat Award)
| cat file | command
|
| See the recurring thread in comp.unix.shell for more on this, ad naus.
Where is the article exactly (FAQ pointer would be fine), I'd like to
read it. I run performance test on this and "The useless use of cat"
only creates extra pipe; but that does hurts performance only very
little (I tested with 2Meg file and that big pipes are rare)
jari