Larry Martell wrote: > 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. So why cat | sed? mark