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minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoAdmittedly I still use cat for this. This also works too, but it’s more verbose: echo "$(<foo.txt)" It’s mentioned in the Bash man pages: The command substitution $(cat file) can be replaced by the equivalent but faster $(< file).
minus-squarenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agohow in the world is this not a useless use of echo and equivalent to <foo.txt
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoOK, TIL you can just do <foo.txt. I didn’t think that worked. Thanks!
minus-squarenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoi don’t think you can but idk why that’s by I’m asking
Admittedly I still use
catfor this.This also works too, but it’s more verbose:
echo "$(<foo.txt)"It’s mentioned in the Bash man pages:
how in the world is this not a useless use of echo and equivalent to
<foo.txtOK, TIL you can just do
<foo.txt. I didn’t think that worked. Thanks!i don’t think you can but idk why that’s by I’m asking