Subject: [PATCH v2 01/22] doc: avoid redundant use of cat

From: "Beat Bolli" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:45:58 +0100

The update-hook-example.txt script uses this anti-pattern twice. Call grep
with the input file name directy. While at it, merge the two consecutive
grep calls.

Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt b/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt
index 151ee84cebce..4e727deedd21 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/update-hook-example.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ info "The user is: '$username'"
 
 if test -f "$allowed_users_file"
 then
-  rc=$(cat $allowed_users_file | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '^$' |
+  rc=$(grep -Ev '^(#|$)' $allowed_users_file |
     while read heads user_patterns
     do
       # does this rule apply to us?
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ info "'$groups'"
 
 if test -f "$allowed_groups_file"
 then
-  rc=$(cat $allowed_groups_file | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '^$' |
+  rc=$(grep -Ev '^(#|$)' $allowed_groups_file |
     while read heads group_patterns
     do
       # does this rule apply to us?
-- 
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