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06-14-2012

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I much prefer top-down flow in any programming language and adopt the modular approach with the main program logic as the simplest control flow possible.

Each time this debate comes up there is no proof that the Shell inward redirect is faster than using cat. I can't see why the Posix folks don't make cat a Shell built-in rather than try to retire the command.

Have you read the "Useful uses of cat" collection from the excellent Mascheck site:
Useful use of cat(1)
That list includes a contribution from a certain Chris F.A. Johnson !
An enhanced version of the "convert file contents into arguments" contribution came up on unix.com yesterday.

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gnomevfs-cat

gnomevfs-cat(1)                                                    User Commands                                                   gnomevfs-cat(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-cat URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI             Specifies the file location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Cat a File From a Web Server

       example% gnomevfs-cat http://www.sun.com

       Example 2: Cat a Local File

       example% gnomevfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat   Executable to print a file to standard output using the VFS system

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWgnome-vfs                |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability          |External                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10                                                          6 Sep 2004                                                     gnomevfs-cat(1)