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How do you shell expand your variables and why? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

@ilega_dh You don't need cat in cases when grep "d" alphabet.txt can read from file too. Edit: But obviously your comment was more of a joke to over complicate it. So never mind then.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To be safe, should probably output grep to a file, then cat that.

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