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## Piping to 'echo', a command that doesn't read stdin. Wrong command or missing xargs?
### Problematic code:
```sh
find . -type f | echo "Results: "
```
### Correct code:
```sh
find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 echo "Results: "
```
### Rationale:
You are redirecting to one of several commands that don't read from stdin.
This may happen when:
* Confusing one command for another, e.g. using `echo` where `cat` was intended.
* Incorrectly refactoring, leaving a `|` on the previous line.
* Missing `xargs`, because stdin should be passed as positional parameters instead (use `xargs -0` if at all possible).
Check your logic, and rewrite the command so data is passed correctly.
### Exceptions:
If you've overridden a command to return output, you can either rename it to make this obvious, or [[ignore]] this message.