On Oct 12 23:23:18, [email protected] wrote: > > Let me clarify the idea. > > If a filter recognizes '-' as a name for stdin, > > then stdin can be one of the _multiple_ files being processed. > > Filters that do not recognize '-' as a name, on the other hand, > > only process stdin if it is the _only_ input. > > I understand that - is convenient, but it's not strictly needed. > If you need the standard input as one of several files (or as an > explicit file argument), you can pass /dev/stdin.
This is probably what I was missing. Thank you. Sorry for the noise.
