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It's not a bug, it's a dumbass

cvanpelt

The following is reported as a bug in the manual page for cat on MacOS X:

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One wonders, first of all, why this is reported because this is a shell feature and certainly not a bug in cat.  Secondly, how dare they make assumptions as to which shell I am using, what options are set, and then pass the whole thing off as a bug in the man pages?

As you can see file1 clearly does not get overwritten in my shell:

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Yes, Apple, we are aware your users are mostly idiots, but polluting the manual pages with incorrect information in an effort to keep the dumbasses from destroying their precious pr0rn will certainly guarantee you a spot on the wall when the Revolution comes!

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By cvanpelt – September 3, 2009

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