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<oerjan> learn `5 <cmd> is equivalent to repeating `` <cmd> 5 times, then splitting the output into irc-sized pieces. <cmd> defaults to "quote". See `1. Confusingly _not_ the obvious generalization of `2.
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date Thu, 19 Jan 2017 02:53:48 +0000
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cat elimination is the process of replacing a one-argument `cat` command with the shell operator <