Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-14 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 14/01/11 12:42, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 12/01/11 18:04, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> Pádraig Brady wrote, On 01/11/2011 07:35 AM: >>> >>> Spending another few minutes on this, I realized >>> that we should not be trying to homogenize the number >>> of fields from each file, but rather the fields use

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-14 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 12/01/11 18:04, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Pádraig Brady wrote, On 01/11/2011 07:35 AM: >> >> Spending another few minutes on this, I realized >> that we should not be trying to homogenize the number >> of fields from each file, but rather the fields used >> for a particular file in each line. The on

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-12 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 12/01/11 18:04, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> Pádraig Brady wrote, On 01/11/2011 07:35 AM: >>> >>> Spending another few minutes on this, I realized >>> that we should not be trying to homogenize the number >>> of fields from each file, but rather the fields used >>> for a partic

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-12 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 12/01/11 18:04, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Pádraig Brady wrote, On 01/11/2011 07:35 AM: >> >> Spending another few minutes on this, I realized >> that we should not be trying to homogenize the number >> of fields from each file, but rather the fields used >> for a particular file in each line. The on

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-12 Thread Assaf Gordon
Pádraig Brady wrote, On 01/11/2011 07:35 AM: > > Spending another few minutes on this, I realized > that we should not be trying to homogenize the number > of fields from each file, but rather the fields used > for a particular file in each line. The only sensible > basis for that is the first lin

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-11 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 06/01/11 12:05, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 07/10/10 19:25, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> On 07/10/10 18:43, Assaf Gordon wrote: >>> Pádraig Brady wrote, On 10/07/2010 06:22 AM: On 07/10/10 01:03, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 06/10/10 21:41, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> >> The "--auto-format" fe

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-07 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: ... >> While -e without -o was previously a noop, and so could safely be extended >> IMHO, >> this will also change the behavior when with -e and -j are specified. >> Previously if -j > 1 was specified, and that field was missing, >> then -e would be used in its place, rather

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-07 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 06/01/11 12:05, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 07/10/10 19:25, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> On 07/10/10 18:43, Assaf Gordon wrote: >>> Pádraig Brady wrote, On 10/07/2010 06:22 AM: On 07/10/10 01:03, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 06/10/10 21:41, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> >> The "--auto-format" fe

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2011-01-06 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 07/10/10 19:25, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 07/10/10 18:43, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> Pádraig Brady wrote, On 10/07/2010 06:22 AM: >>> On 07/10/10 01:03, Pádraig Brady wrote: On 06/10/10 21:41, Assaf Gordon wrote: > > The "--auto-format" feature simply builds the "-o" format line >

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2010-10-07 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 07/10/10 18:43, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Pádraig Brady wrote, On 10/07/2010 06:22 AM: >> On 07/10/10 01:03, Pádraig Brady wrote: >>> On 06/10/10 21:41, Assaf Gordon wrote: The "--auto-format" feature simply builds the "-o" format line automatically, based on the number of columns fr

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2010-10-07 Thread Assaf Gordon
Pádraig Brady wrote, On 10/07/2010 06:22 AM: > On 07/10/10 01:03, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> On 06/10/10 21:41, Assaf Gordon wrote: >>> >>> The "--auto-format" feature simply builds the "-o" format line >>> automatically, based on the number of columns from both input files. >> >> Thanks for persisti

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2010-10-07 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 07/10/10 01:03, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 06/10/10 21:41, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to (re)suggest a feature for the join program - the ability to >> automatically build an output format line (similar but easier than using >> "-o"). >> >> I've previously mentioned it here (b

Re: [coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2010-10-06 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 06/10/10 21:41, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to (re)suggest a feature for the join program - the ability to > automatically build an output format line (similar but easier than using > "-o"). > > I've previously mentioned it here (but got no favorable responses): > http://lists.

[coreutils] join feature: auto-format

2010-10-06 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, I'd like to (re)suggest a feature for the join program - the ability to automatically build an output format line (similar but easier than using "-o"). I've previously mentioned it here (but got no favorable responses): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-11/msg00151.html