Bruce Korb wrote:
> > But `getpwnam --shell root' is certainly easier to type. And
> > as a real program, it'd be able to produce better (including
> > internationalized) diagnostics and do better error checking ...
> However, in direct answer to your question, I'd consider either adapting
> thi
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Bruce Korb wrote:
> > So, what do you think about adding POSIX library/sys calls as
> > a collection of command line utilities? We already have "stat",
> > but don't have "getpwnam". There are a few others.
> I hesitate to add new tools that can be approximated with
> o
Jim Meyering wrote:
> I hesitate to add new tools that can be approximated with
> one-liners using e.g Perl
>
> $ perl -MUser::pwent -e '$pw=getpwnam "root" or die; print $pw->shell,"\n"'
> /bin/bash
I think I know why I didn't think of that. :-)
> [ Coreutils should come with a collecti
Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, what do you think about adding POSIX library/sys calls as
> a collection of command line utilities? We already have "stat",
> but don't have "getpwnam". There are a few others.
I hesitate to add new tools that can be approximated with
one-liners us
Jim Meyering wrote:
> > I do not believe it would be a significant amount of work:
>
> If you can do it with an insignificant amount of work, that'd be great.
> Have you just volunteered? ;-)
My first roofing contractor was discovered to have cut through
the earthquake straps holding the two ha
Bruce Korb wrote:
> > I like the verbose names.
> > Are there really three different types of syntax: %w, $w{} and ${}?
Oh! Thinko. I just noticed that I substituted '$' for '%' characters.
No. Snprintfv is a string formatting library that uses the normal conventions,
but is extensible in that
> No, more like the following: (warning, these are `made-up' format directives;
> it'd take some careful thought to come up with proper choices):
>
> ls --format="%M %I %U %G %B %D %f\n"
>
> Implementing something like that properly
> would involve a significant amount of work.
> If you're int
Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> No, more like the following: (warning, these are `made-up' format directives;
>> it'd take some careful thought to come up with proper choices):
>>
>> ls --format="%M %I %U %G %B %D %f\n"
>>
>> Implementing something like that properly
>> would involve a s
Chris Van Nuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The item from the TODO list:
>
> ls: add --format=FORMAT option that controls how each line is printed:
>
> My question is, would FORMAT be a string or a character like the rest
> of the flags for ls? For example, would you have something like: 'ls
> -
The item from the TODO list:
ls: add --format=FORMAT option that controls how each line is printed:
My question is, would FORMAT be a string or a character like the rest of
the flags for ls? For example, would you have something like: 'ls -l
--format=octal', or something more like 'ls -l --f
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