@rl_dane Who *doesn't* do it that way? Kinda reminds me of Randal Schwartz' "useless cat" examples.

https://smallo.ruhr.de/award.html

Useless Use of Cat Award

@AlgoCompSynth

Those were fun.

I still get self-conscious about my occasional use of $(ls [something]), but there are times that it's difficult to avoid.