> Furthermore, with a --suffix option, we could also allow multiple > command line arguments, another usage case that might prove > useful: > > $ basename --suffix=.h foo.h bar.h
It's always fun until somebody puts out an eye by having a file named "--suffix=.h". Handle it the same way everything handles it: basename -- --suffix=.h Regarding the original query, why not just use awk? You have touched a nerve... :-) From the top of my head: cat -- sed ':' tac -- sed '1!G;h;$!d' grep -- sed 'PATTERN/!d' head -- sed '10q' tail -- sed -e ':a' -e '$q;N;11,$D;ba' dirname -- sed 's;[^/]*$;;' basename -- sed 's;.*/;;' cp OLD NEW -- sed 'w NEW' OLD One can always just use something else, but most often the something else is painful. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
