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This is a meme about the "useless use of cat" command in Linux and Unix. The top caption reads, "Stop cat abuse!" In the middle, there is a picture of a cat, and at the bottom, the caption reads: "grep 'foo' 'bar.txt' Not cat 'bar.txt' | grep 'foo'"

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This is a meme about the "useless use of cat" command in Linux and Unix. The top caption reads, "Stop cat abuse!" In the middle, there is a picture of a cat, and at the bottom, the caption reads: "grep 'foo' 'bar.txt' Not cat 'bar.txt' | grep 'foo'"
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nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 03:46:40 JST nixCraft 🐧

Yeah, do not get tangled in the adventure of useless cat commands in your #Linux, #macOS, #FreeBSD or #Unix machines. Use the grep command instead https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix/ 👏

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