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Re: [PATCH] Add new program: magic
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: [PATCH] Add new program: magic |
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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:23:37 +0100 |
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Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> address@hidden wrote:
>> | So far, it includes the following utilities:
>> | - sponge: soak up standard input and write to a file
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> Eh? That sounds like 'cat > file'...
I was wondering that too.
It basically buffers the file in mem
so that one can modify a file through a filter
without the need for explicit temporary files.
Pádraig.