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cat as a script (See related posts)

# cf. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7385 (comments)

function shcat() {
   if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
      while read -r -d $'\n'; do printf "%s\n" "${REPLY}"; done
   else
      for F in "$@"; do
         while read -r -d $'\n'; do printf "%s\n" "${REPLY}"; done < "$F"
      done
   fi
   return 0
}


echo hello world | shcat
shcat file.txt | nl
to shell osx mac bash script unix cat by jvs on Wed Oct 22 17:33:48 +0000 2008

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