On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 8:37 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Am 18.05.2013 21:23, schrieb Larry Martell: >>> cat file | sed -e's/CN=DATA.OU=\(.*\)\.O=CO/CN=\1_DATA.OU=\1.O=CO/' >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_%28Unix%29#Useless_use_of_cat >> >> Because a cat is a terrible thing to waste. >> > Without even reading the wikipedia piece, I can give my own annoyance with > anyone using cat to pipe through sed, or awk, or perl.... To me, that says > they don't know their tools. I am 53 and I have programming since I was 16. I've been using Unix/Linux since 1977 and I've been gainfully employed since 1979 (never at a job where I had to use Windows). So I assure you I know what I am doing.