On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:42 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > 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? I really don't see why that is a big deal.