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Copyright © 2006 Joey Hess
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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"file:///usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.4/docbookx.dtd"
[]>
<refentry>
<refentryinfo>
<author>
<firstname>Joey</firstname>
<surname>Hess</surname>
</author>
<date>2006-02-19</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sponge</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sponge</refname>
<refpurpose>soak up standard input and write to a file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>sed '...' file | grep '...' | sponge file</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para><command>sponge</command> reads standard input and writes it
out to the specified file. Unlike a shell redirect, sponge soaks up
all its input before opening the output file. This allows for
constructing pipelines that read from and write to the same file.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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