cat considered harmful

Exhibit One:

cat somefile.txt | grep something
Use of cat is redundant.

Exhibit Two:

cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp
Use of cat is destructive to audio equipment.

Exhibit Three:

http://icanhascheezburger.com
Pictorial depictions of catS are detrimental to productivity and intelligence.

Ergo, ipso facto, cat is considered harmful.

>>40
urdoinitrong
>>36 is doin it the proper way

you should seek to emulate his ways, grasseater

So I hear that if you cat your entire hard drive to /dev/dsp, you'll hear the music files on your drive between long periods of noise. What file format does the music have to be in?

>>42
By default it's 8 bit mono PCM, IIRC.

>>6
Did you, what, just find out about pipes and think you're only one who knows the secret? Just how from my post did you come to conclusion that I don't know what less does?

>>44
Where did this pipes bullshit come from? And less does a lot more than just ``display text without a scrollbar'', you know.