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From: tower@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Query on shells
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 13:14:00 EDT
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re: new features for shells

I had oftened wish for an alternative form of pipe syntax that would
indicate that I wanted a temporary file used instead of an in-core pipe.
This would be use for scripts dealing with a large amount of data, and
also on heavily loaded systems.

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