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[–] Navigate@lemmings.world 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is short for concatenate, which is to join things together. You can give it multiple inputs and it will output each one directly following the previous. It so happens to also work with just one input.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s why we have bat now

https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To bonbatenate files?

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Exactly

[–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bat bat bo-at

Bonbaten-fana fo-fat

Fee-fi-fo-fat

Bat!

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Cat with wings? Isn’t a bat more like a rat with wings?

[–] Mad_Punda@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

TIL

I never realized. Thanks!