Olaf van der Spek wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > What about doing it only if the output is a terminal?
-1. Please no. > > Because no other command does that currently (you could argue for ls to > > do that as well, for example). > > One has to be the first, right? No. That is incorrect logic. There doesn't have to be a first. I think the only reasonable name for a command to "list" files to a print device is the "ls" command. The only reasonable name to get a "catalog" of the directory is to use the "cat" command. One should "join" files head to tail. These are obviously better names. Who will be the first to correct the last three decades of naming? > > + it would break the workflow where you > > test a command in a terminal, then add it to a shell script. > > > > Also, that's clearly not somewhere Debian should diverge from upstream, > > but maybe the upstream devs have another opinion? > > Do they read this BTS? Yes they do. And they have already replied with a negative. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
