FAQ: add progress-bar question for cp,mv,dd

2015-09-02 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, Related to: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html What do you think about the following wording for a new FAQ entry: --- Q. Please add progress bar to cp/mv/dd A. Progress bar for cp,mv commands has been deemed unwarranted. see

Re: FAQ: add progress-bar question for cp,mv,dd

2015-09-02 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 02/09/15 16:51, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > Related to: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html > > What do you think about the following wording for a new FAQ entry: > --- > Q. > Please add progress bar to cp/mv/dd > > A. > Progress bar for cp,mv commands has

Re: Extensions to the `base64' Program

2015-09-02 Thread Ray Dillinger
On 08/31/2015 06:39 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > There are probably other variants of base64 in use > (like also transforming the '=' padding char for > easier to read URLs), and so using the external tr > solution is more general. FYI, Base58, base64, and hexadecimal are fairly common

Re: Extensions to the `base64' Program

2015-09-02 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 02/09/15 20:15, Ray Dillinger wrote: > > > On 08/31/2015 06:39 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > >> There are probably other variants of base64 in use >> (like also transforming the '=' padding char for >> easier to read URLs), and so using the external tr >> solution is more general. > >

Re: Extensions to the `base64' Program

2015-09-02 Thread Eric Blake
On 09/02/2015 03:09 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> At present there are three incompatible but semi-standard >> versions of it. Here's a handy URL: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base58 >> >> Would coreutils like a command-line tool to do this? > > Interesting. > I think there would need to be

bug#21395: Bug with cut and Spanish characters from text file with UTF-8 encoding

2015-09-02 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 02/09/15 01:41, Michael Lee wrote: > When using cut as, "cut -c 1" with a text file with Spanish characters, it > does not display those characters. > For example, the character ã or á will not display if it is the first > character and the file is trimmed using the cut command.