I think people like reading cat thefile | grepsedawk -opts 'prog' from left to right, and that they think the only alternative is grepsedawk -opts 'prog' thefile.
But there's grep <thefile -opts 're'. I like that one best; it reads the same way you'd tend to think it.
But there's grep <thefile -opts 're'. I like that one best; it reads the same way you'd tend to think it.