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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Useless Use Of Regexes
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 21:39:58 -0000 (UTC)
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On 06 Apr 2025 08:40:54 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> Le 31-03-2025, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a écrit :
>
>> On 30 Mar 2025 22:04:45 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, with the right option and/or with the right modification of the
>>> command line. But it's easier and faster to just add a cat than to
>>> find the "right" way to do it.
>>
>> Give an example.
> 
> A lot of time I run cat to find some information in a file. And when the
> file is bigger than expected, I'll just grep its output. Of course,
> it's better to directly grep the file, but it's easier and faster to add
> a grep at the end of the previous command than to either write directly
> the right command or to go at the beginning of the line to remove the
> cat and put grep instead. Mostly when the name of the file is long in a
> far remote directory.

You do have command-line editing enabled, right? You just press the HOME 
key (or CTRL/A) to go to the start of the line.