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From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
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Subject: Re: Counting characters with unix utilities
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In-Reply-To: ted@nmsu.edu's message of 24 Sep 90 15:00:53 GMT


   ed must have been kidding when he left the cat in place, instead of

   tr -cd 'A' < file | wc -c

Why? Some people prefer the form

	cat file | utility args

to

	utility args < file

Why change from one to the other, except for efficiency? And even
then, there isn't enough difference to bother with for a command line.
For a script, you'd want to use the latter, though. But then the
difference is hidden from the user.

	<mike

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