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Re: [PATCH] ls: add --files0-from=FILE option
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Bernhard Voelker |
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Re: [PATCH] ls: add --files0-from=FILE option |
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Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:58:06 +0200 |
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On 4/20/21 2:57 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 19/04/2021 18:08, Carl Edquist wrote:
> In saying all of the above, I do agree though that for consistency
> commands that need to process all arguments with global context,
> should have a --files0-from option.
> Currently that's du and wc for total counts, and sort(1) for sorting.
> Since ls has sorting functionality, it should have this option too.
I don't have a strong opinion about whether to add it or not,
but if we add it, then shouldn't it use the 'argv-iter' gnulib module
(like du.c and wc.c) instead of directly using the underlying ...
>> +#include "readtokens0.h"
?
Have a nice day,
Berny