Super COOL 'cat' extension

[dani++]

Check out www.gnufoo.org, there is a really cool 'cat' hack!!!

Compile or download it and append:

if ( ! $?SPOKEN ) then
echo `whoami` 'logged in' | cat -a > /dev/null &
setenv SPOKEN
endif

to .login

Enjoy!!! To be fair, I saw this trick on macosxhints.com first. But it is rather cool!!!


dani++


[other useful stuff: issuing a make; echo 'make done'| cat -a would tell you when a lengthy compile is complete]

 

[LordOphidian]

It should be noted that, according to gnufoo, you need to patch cat before this will work. I know normal gnu cat doesn't have a '-a' option, so this just tends to make it complain.