Pádraig Brady wrote on Fri, May 28, 2021 at 12:58:48PM +0100: > Yes sorry for the delay.
Thanks for the reply! > I'm not sure about --swap in mv to be honest. > We were considering a separate `replace` utility, > which might be more appropriate for this functionality. > I've added this --swap functionality to my personal TODO list > to review/consider. A separate utility would be fine with me, and probably easier to maintain so I can understand where that comes from. My main "problem" is that there is no such tool readily available so I'll take the syscall variant in any form :) Please note the name 'replace' is already taken (a tool from the mysql toolbag, looks like a sort of simplified sed s/// pattern) I'm also not sure it conveys the exchange/swap meaning, "replacing a by/with b" means b is now where a was, but doesn't say anything about where a went... (I did say naming tool was the hardest part!) -- Dominique
