retitle 8103 tac RFE: accept -z, --zero-terminated option tags 8103 + notabug thanks
Jim Meyering wrote: > Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: >>> Maybe we should modify tac to add the -z option. Would you care to >> write a patch? >> It would be redundant, as tac -s $'\0' is equivalent. > > Are you using a non-GNU version of tac? > If so, please tell us which one -- that may influence > the decision of whether to make "-s ''" work or to add -z. > > With GNU tac, that has never worked: > > $ tac -s '' > tac: separator cannot be empty > > Making -s accommodate an empty string argument is a possibility, > but that change looks like it'd be relatively disruptive. > > Unless there is already an implementation for which -s '' works, > I like the idea of adding -z. I've changed the title and marking this as "not a bug."
