-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to dusan halicky on 2/1/2007 3:35 AM: > Hi. > > > > Why the hell `basename` from coreutils package cannot act like filter?
Thanks for the report. First, a word of advice - remember the adage that 'you catch more flies with honey than vinegar'. Your tone came across as very demanding and sour, and that is less likely to elicit a reasonable response. > # echo /home/me/foo | basename > > basename: too few arguments Hmm - making basename (and also dirname) a filter is compatible with POSIX: since POSIX requires a single argument, we can define operation with a missing argument however we want (or in other words, our current definition of issuing an error is not mandated). If we do that, then we would also need to add something like xargs' -0 option, so that you could filter on NUL terminated (rather than whitespace-terminated) strings for safety when operating on arbitrary file names. I think the idea is worthwhile, but now someone needs to write a patch and contribute it. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFwedL84KuGfSFAYARAohbAJ9khf36GU2Ytz4yuso6nTlYn0roCwCgqV9B VDK1G676QHKxIJ7MbsKoFbE= =v0C9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
