diff --git a/pages/common/lwp-request.md b/pages/common/lwp-request.md
index d1d5922a3ad9ae..5b7c620adfe2c9 100644
--- a/pages/common/lwp-request.md
+++ b/pages/common/lwp-request.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 - Upload a file with a POST request:
 
-`lwp-request -m POST {{http://example.com/some/path}} < {{path/to/file}}`
+`lwp-request < {{path/to/file}} -m POST {{http://example.com/some/path}}`
 
 - Make a request with a custom user agent:
 
diff --git a/pages/common/read.md b/pages/common/read.md
index 94a6aa7ef79889..0e809d7a6c0796 100644
--- a/pages/common/read.md
+++ b/pages/common/read.md
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
 
 - Read `stdin` and perform an action on every line:
 
-`while read line; do {{echo|ls|rm|...}} "$line"; done < {{/dev/stdin|path/to/file|...}}`
+`cat {{/dev/stdin|path/to/file|...}} | while read line; do {{echo|ls|rm|...}} "$line"; done`
diff --git a/pages/linux/ncat.md b/pages/linux/ncat.md
index a24e690568d1fc..89a862a096fa09 100644
--- a/pages/linux/ncat.md
+++ b/pages/linux/ncat.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 - Write output of specified file to the specified host on the specified port:
 
-`ncat {{address}} {{port}} < {{path/to/file}}`
+`ncat < {{path/to/file}} {{address}} {{port}}`
 
 - Accept multiple incoming connections on an encrypted channel evading detection of traffic content: