[colug-432] Why cat foo | filter? Why not filter <foo? (was Nice Plain Text Columns and Avoiding NIH)

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On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:51:39 -0400, Stephen Potter <spp at unixsa.net> wrote:

> If you're chaining multiple commands in a script, I can see the utility 
> of having the initial cat there so the input doesn't get completely 
> lost. 

That's what Rick was helping with[1]. The antecedent is confirmed. 

Thanks again Rick. 

[1] Study the shell script referred to in: 
    http://lists.colug.net/pipermail/colug-432/2011-August/001006.html