diff --git a/bash.md b/bash.md
index cfae95253..28ec038df 100644
--- a/bash.md
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@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ done
 ### Reading lines
 
 ```bash
-< file.txt | while read line; do
+cat file.txt | while read line; do
   echo $line
 done
 ```