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Re: command line options on the end
- From: Michael A Chase <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>
- To: Matt Rice <ratmice at yahoo dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:15:09 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
- Subject: Re: command line options on the end
- References: <20020730215028.76596.qmail@web11204.mail.yahoo.com>
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:50:28 -0700 (PDT) Matt Rice <ratmice@yahoo.com> wrote:
> i guess, adding options to the end seems to work under
> debian , redhat and cobalt boxes... not irix though
> i guess my question is, would it be possible to have
> this feature?
>
> --- Heinz-Jürgen Oertel <hj.oertel@surfeu.de> wrote:
> > What is the question here ?
> >
> > Am Dienstag, 30. Juli 2002 21:00 schrieb Matt Rice:
> > > # grep foo * -rn
> > > foo:foo
> > > Binary file valhalla-i386-disc1.iso matches
> > > Binary file valhalla-i386-disc2.iso matches
> > > Binary file valhalla-i386-disc3.iso matches
> > > grep: -rn No such file or directory
Allowing options after non-option type arguments is a decision made by the
authors of each command. There are notable exceptions like gcc, but most
UNIX programs do not allow them.
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