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		amp108 on Nov 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bash patterns I use weekly You could just `grep "something" file.

penguin_booze on Nov 24, 2021 [–]

Indeed - it's a known anti-pattern[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_(Unix)#Useless_use_of_cat

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