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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2013-03-04 15:59:19 +0200
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2013-03-04 15:59:19 +0200
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@@ -7198,6 +7198,13 @@ that does handle nested @samp{@@include} statements.
@node Getline/Pipe
@subsection Using @code{getline} from a Pipe
+@c From private email, dated October 2, 1988. Used by permission, March 2013.
+@quotation
+@i{Omniscience has much to recommend it.
+Failing that, attention to details would be useful.}@*
+Brian Kernighan
+@end quotation
+
@cindex @code{|} (vertical bar), @code{|} operator (I/O)
@cindex vertical bar (@code{|}), @code{|} operator (I/O)
@cindex input pipeline