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Linux Cat (lemmy.zip)
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ahh

~$ which cat
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[โ€“] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

how in the world is this not a useless use of echo and equivalent to <foo.txt

[โ€“] dan@upvote.au 5 points 1 day ago

OK, TIL you can just do <foo.txt. I didn't think that worked. Thanks!