On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 05:45:08PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> On the other hand...
>
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> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ cat -n /etc/fstab | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
> 1 UUID=730eaf92
> 2 UUID=41abb5fd
> 3 UUID=96cfdfb3
> 4 UUID=6F66-BF7
> 5 tmpfs /tmp tm
> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ "cat -n" /etc/fstab | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
> bash: cat -n: command not found
> [slitt@mydesk ~]$ "cat -n /etc/fstab" | cut -b 1-20 | head -n5
> bash: cat -n /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
> [slitt@mydesk ~]$
So if it has parameters it's a command, and if it diesn't it's just
a file or directory?
-- hendrik
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