Salve J Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Smylers said:
>>
>> The convention of using '--' to mean 'that's the end of my own
>> arguments' neatly avoids all of these issues.
>
> FWIW, I'm with Smylers here. '--' has been around for many years as a
> command-line convention for "signifying the end of options." (from
> bash(1)).
"end of arguments" ne "end of options".
For what it's worth, I expect '--' to mean "end of options". What
follows are non-option arguments, but still arguments. In this case,
files or directories:
# USAGE
#
# prove [options] [files or directories]
Do I have a vote?
> [ ] --
> [X] something else (please specify)
I would look to find(1)'s -exec, xterm(1)'s -e, or even perl(1)'s -e
for (somewhat analogous) prior art. Any one of these would be good,
as far as I'm concerned; each has its downsides, sure, but I don't
think there is a solution without.
Of all solutions I've seen suggested, '--' is the only one that runs
contrary to my expectations.
Eirik
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