Re: rename: move command from util-linux to coreutils

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi,

On 07/17/2012 05:10 PM, Sami Kerola wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jim Meyering<address@hidden>  wrote:
> [...]
> > A few things should be changed regardless.
> > For consistency with other GNU tools:
> >
> >    s/--test/--dry-run/
>
> I changed the option to '-u, --dry-run' which is exact match with mktemp.

I don't like the short option '-u'. On debian, the PERL rename 
(/usr/bin/prename, see update-alternatives --list rename) uses the short 
option '-n' for dry-run functionality. Not sure about other rename programs.

I'd prefer just the long option '--dry-run'.

Thanks,
Erik