> Is there a special reason why 
> ldd /usr/bin/sharedbinary | cat
> doesn't produce the same output as:
> ldd /usr/bin/sharedbinary ?
> Cheers

I get:

cesium% ldd /usr/bin/make
/usr/bin/make:
        -lgcc.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc.so.1.0 (0x2025000)
        -lc.2 => /usr/lib/libc.so.2.1 (0x2029000)
cesium% !! | cat
ldd /usr/bin/make | cat
        -lgcc.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc.so.1.0 (0x2025000)
        -lc.2 => /usr/lib/libc.so.2.1 (0x2029000)
/usr/bin/make:

You see output from two different processes here. "/usr/bin/make:" is
produced by ldd, while the "-lgcc.1 ..." stuff is from make (run with the
LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS env. var. set).

In the second case the output from ldd lingers in the pipe until program exit.

-pk

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