On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:37:39PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Package: moreutils > Version: 0.16 > Severity: wishlist > > Would be nice if running sponge without arguments implied that file is > stdout. > > Then you could do things like: > > $ cvs diff | sponge | patch -R -p0
Just out of interest, how is this usefully different from this? cvs diff | patch -R -p0 Or this? cvs diff | cat | patch -R -p0 All sponge does is soak up the input and squeeze it all out in one go; it doesn't change it ... Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
