in reply to Re^2: Sorting issue
in thread Sorting issue

Yeah, and that's so very confusing. See, for me, '-' just screams STANDARD (IN|OUT)PUT. So, '|-' just looks like I get to read from the programs standard output, and '-|' means I get to write to the programs standard input. Which is just the other way around of what it really is. :-/

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Re^4: Sorting issue
by repellent (Priest) on Nov 05, 2011 at 22:23 UTC
    ++ I'm with you on that. '-' has been ingrained as STANDARD into my Unix subconscious.