Larry Martell wrote: > 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. You, personally, fail to see, that is, don't comprehend, in what manner that, perhaps, might possibly be a pointless and unnecessary, that is, an action performed for no good reason, such as hand-washing a car that one intends to run through a car wash...? mark