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Title:   README.1ST for 'lspipe' release SPPSYM_RELEASE_ID
Version: $HeadURL$ $LastChangedRevision$
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Description
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This is release SPPSYM_RELEASE_ID of lspipe. Lspipe is like ls, except
that it takes its file list from standard input instead of on the
command line.

So why not use "ls `command to generate list of files`" ? Because
if the list is very long then the shell will bawk. Try "ls `find /`"
to see it happen!

So why not use "command to generate list of files | xargs ls" ? Because
xargs delivers the list in batches, which means that using options to
the ls command to sort the results will only work intra-batch and not
across the whole list. Try "find / | xargs ls -rt" to see 'saw-tooth'
modification dates.

Copyright Policy
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This package is Copyright (C) 1998-SPPSYM_RELEASE_YEAR SPPSYM_AUTHOR_NAME. It is
distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License, a copy of
which can be found in the file ./doc/COPYING.

Installation and Configuration
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For installation and configuration instructions see ./doc/INSTALL.

Bug reports, feature requests, etc.
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Email SPPSYM_AUTHOR_NAME <SPPSYM_AUTHOR_EMAIL>.