Subject: Re: cat -f (was Re: ffs question )
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Jamie Downs <egon@peter.atw.earthreach.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/14/1997 09:26:49
[Perry E. Metzger]
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> To: Eric Haszlakiewicz <haszlaki@uaccess.net>
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> Subject: cat -f (was Re: ffs question )
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> Eric Haszlakiewicz writes:
> > Finally, I was thinking a -f flag to cat (cat -f <=> tail -f) would be
> > useful.  comments?  
> 
> I don't like it. We already have tail -f. Changing cat would only be
> creeping featurism.
> 
> .pm
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