Re: [PATCH] md5sum+sha*sum: add option --quiet/-q to suppress OK messages

[Jim Meyering]

Erik Auerswald <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 06:33:45PM +0200, Erik Auerswald wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 07:10:58PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> > Erik Auerswald <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 06:05:48PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> > >> Erik Auerswald <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > >> > IMHO md5sum and sha*sum are too verbose by default, especially when
>> > >> > checking a large collection of files with only a few failing 
>> > >> > validation.
>> > >> > Therefore I'd like to see an option added to suppress just the output
>> > >> > for successfully verified files.
>> > >>
>> > >> The only suggestion I can make so far is to omit the short-named "-q" 
>> > >> option.
>> > >> The "--q" abbreviation of --quiet is only one byte longer.
>>
>> The attached patch adds the above feature and adds an option --quiet to
>> md5sum and sha*sum (no short option added).
>>
>> The signed copyright assignment is on it's way, the patch is against the
>> current git HEAD.
>
> The copyright assignment process with the FSF is completed, find the
> patch against current HEAD as an attachment.

Thanks again.

I assume that means you sent it.
The process is complete when the FSF says they've received it
and everything is in order.

coreutils-6.12 (soon, I hope) will be a bug-fix-only release,
So your option addition will be in the following release.