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Re: composition ? piping

From Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: composition ? piping
Date 2014-08-22 17:13 +0000
Organization My Linux Box
Message-ID <lt7tn2$stc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <pan.2014.08.21.20.56.55@gmail.com> <871ts8wo4d.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org>

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John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Unknown writes:
> > cp A b.wav; aplay b.wav ; rm b.wav
> > aplay `<process file A as fileb.wav would be processed>
> > ?

> aplay, like any other Unix or Linux program, doesn't give a damn about
> suffixes.  "." is just a character and it and the characters after it
> are just parts of the filename.  "aplay A" will work fine.

The OP is likely a windows fanboi, and sadly the braindamage that is
windows trains the unknowing that "the file extension must match"
because nearly every windows program pukes if the extension is
incorrect, as well as pukes if the content is wrong for the extension.

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composition ? piping Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2014-08-21 20:50 +0000
  Re: composition ? piping Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2014-08-22 13:39 +0000
  Re: composition ? piping John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-08-22 10:16 -0500
    Re: composition ? piping Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-22 17:13 +0000
    Re: composition ? piping Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2014-09-21 13:09 +0000
      Re: composition ? piping Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-09-21 20:18 +0000
        Re: composition ? piping Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2014-09-22 13:39 +0000
          Re: composition ? piping Michael Baeuerle <michael.baeuerle@stz-e.de> - 2014-09-26 08:26 +0000
            Re: composition ? piping Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2014-09-26 13:01 -0400
              Re: composition ? piping Michael Baeuerle <michael.baeuerle@stz-e.de> - 2014-09-29 08:54 +0000
                Re: composition ? piping Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-09-29 15:47 +0000
                Re: composition ? piping John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2014-09-29 11:41 -0500
            Re: composition ? piping "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2014-09-27 12:49 +0200
      Re: composition ? piping Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@yahoo.com> - 2014-09-25 14:58 -0400

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