The MVP award goes to xargs I think. I've don't remember being exposed to that command to the point where I went and read its man pages. Seems like a very helpful utility.

Jim

On Feb 7, 2006, at 5:19 PM, T. Joseph CARTER wrote:

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:03:07PM -0800, Michael Miller wrote:
   cat $foo | wc -l #( or $i )

You get a Useless Use Of cat Award!

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