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--- shell_or_bash_scripts [2017/05/28 11:49] – skipidar
+++ shell_or_bash_scripts [2022/10/14 06:01] (current) – [Double-Dash in Shell commands] skipidar
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+==== Input from command line ====
+If a command expects **a file** as input - one can pass input from STDOUT instead,
+without storing the output to a file first by using following syntax
+**oc create -f** expects a file here.
+<code>
+oc process -f build/my-build-template.yaml  GITSERVER=$GITSERVER | oc create -f -
+oc process -f build/my-build-template.yaml  GITSERVER=$GITSERVER | oc create -f /dev/stdin
+</code>
+==== Double-Dash -- in Shell commands ====
+A double-dash in a shell command signals the end of options and disables further option processing.
+https://www.baeldung.com/linux/double-dash-in-shell-commands
+<sxh shell>
+# If we use the same approach, we'll receive an error:
+# That's because grep treats "--hello" as a multi-character command option.
+grep "--hello" data.txt
+#works
+grep -- --hello data.txt
+</sxh>