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diff --git a/man/man1/dam.1df b/man/man1/dam.1df index b9821960..78f5210c 100644 --- a/man/man1/dam.1df +++ b/man/man1/dam.1df @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ dam | prog2 .SH DESCRIPTION .B dam -stores all its input in a temporary file before emitting it as output, behaving -like a fully-buffered cat(1), and with some of the functionality of sponge(1). +buffers all its input before emitting it as output. Useful if you don't +actually want a line-by-line flow between programs, such as pasting a complete +document into a sed(1) pipeline on the terminal. .SH AUTHOR Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> |