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Re: Slurping a file (was: more spllitting travails)



On Sun, Jan 14, 2024, at 9:00 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Sadly there's another utility named "slurp":
>
> slurp
>   cli utility to select a region in a Wayland compositor
>
> If we can find a different function name, this would be a good
> candidate to add to Functions/Misc/.

Quick sleepy brainstorm:

SERIOUS DIVISION

readall - sensible, moderately self-descriptive
readfile - sounds like it can only be used with files
readinput - not obvious how this differs from read(1)

GOOFY DIVISION

chug
guzzle
inhale
quaff
siphon
swig - would probably be confused with SWIG
vacuum

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