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Article #389Re: Can "type" take "-p" and "-t" flags?
From: Andrew Thomas
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1989 14:56
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1989 14:56
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In article <8907251540.AA24308@aurel.caltech.edu> bfox@aurel.caltech.edu writes: >-type and -path are more GNU'y. Isn't that the operating system that >this shell is being written for? Why shouldn't bash accept both -type and -t? How about having the first character in a multi-character switch act the same as the whole word? This would seem to satisfy everybody. I personally support any addition that reduces the amount of typing I have to do. -- Andrew Thomas andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu Systems Design Eng. University of Waterloo "If a million people do a stupid thing, it's still a stupid thing." - Opus
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!andrewt From: andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: Can "type" take "-p" and "-t" flags? Message-ID: <ANDREWT.89Jul27105649@watsnew.waterloo.edu> Date: 27 Jul 89 14:56:49 GMT References: <1909@prune.bbn.com> <8907251540.AA24308@aurel.caltech.edu> <3818@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> Sender: daemon@watcgl.waterloo.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Lines: 14 In-reply-to: mackenzi@thor.acc.stolaf.edu's message of 26 Jul 89 16:38:24 GMT