Question: I don’t understand the point of doing cat < instead of just cat: did the author mean tail -f maybe?
cat <
cat
tail -f
In essence, yes. cat < file apparently keeps reading, though in testing that’s not always true. That may be a bash or linux (or /proc) specific detail.
Question: I don’t understand the point of doing
cat <instead of justcat: did the author meantail -fmaybe?In essence, yes. cat < file apparently keeps reading, though in testing that’s not always true. That may be a bash or linux (or /proc) specific detail.