Piping into cat is useful for disabling tty behavior of commands, e.g. «ps | cat» to stop ps from paying attention to $COLUMNS. #shell #unix
Elliot Shank
Music-obsessed software geek. One of Breakmaster Cylinder’s Internet weirdos. He/him.
Music-obsessed software geek. One of Breakmaster Cylinder’s Internet weirdos. He/him.
Piping into cat is useful for disabling tty behavior of commands, e.g. «ps | cat» to stop ps from paying attention to $COLUMNS. #shell #unix