Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a question as a long time Linux user. Is there anyway > possible to add a '--pretend' switch to the commands 'rm cp mv' for > new users more so, but for people like I that help on IRC networks and > get little sleep. I love contributing anyway I can. But root commands > when tired equal BAD results even for a long time user. Thanks so much > for reading, hope u consider it.
Thanks for the suggestion. I suppose you mean that this new option would be useful only with --verbose, so that people would see what their command *would have* done. Often, you can get the same effect by replacing the command with e.g., echo rm would have removed these files: ... But that wouldn't give the names of files inside directory arguments when using --recursive. In that case, using `find ... -print' should be enough to list the source directories. I'm reluctant to add such an option, because I suspect it'd end up being more invasive than you might first expect, without adding enough value. An alternative is to use the --interactive (-i) option. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
