On 09 Dec 1997 12:15:08 +0200, <jari(_dot_)aalto(_at_)poboxes(_dot_)com> wrote:
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
It's not +one+ article, it's something like one per week, on a good
week. (Or actually more like one per month, more or less, if you look
at this Deja News result:
<http://x5.dejanews.com/dnquery(_dot_)xp?QRY=%2B%22useless+use+of+cat+award%22+%2Bmerlyn(_at_)stonehenge(_dot_)com+%2B%22if+i+could+have+five+lines+in+my%22&defaultOp=AND&svcclass=dnold&maxhits=25&format=terse&showsort=score&ST=PS>
Read the followups if you're bored. And/or look for Useless Use of
Kill -9, or think of your own pet peeve (Useless Use of Wc -l anyone?))
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