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		sigjuice on June 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Start all of your commands with a comma (2009) Should be `<$file xargs ...`

OJFord on June 24, 2022 [–]

Oops, you've exposed that it started off as a useless cat I knew I'd be chastised for ;)

sigjuice on June 24, 2022 | [–]

:)

If it is any consolation, I can't make any sense of this.

  $ <xyz.txt wc -l
         8
  
  $ <xyz.txt | wc -l
         0

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