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Re: [PATCH] rev-{list,parse}: allow -<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jan 24, 2006, 08:02 UTC
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Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:
> Some versions of head(1) and tail(1) allow their line limits to be
> parsed this way.  I find --max-count to be a commonly used option,
> and also similar in spirit to head/tail, so I decided to make life
> easier on my worn out (and lazy :) fingers with this patch.

As an old timer, I personally am very used to "head -4", but also have been training my fingers to say "head -n 4" for the past few years, because the former is not POSIXly correct.

At the same time, I agree that --max-count *was* a mistake. We should maybe say "-n <n>" perhaps?

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Message 2 of 11 in “rev-{list,parse}: allow -<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>”
  1. rev-{list,parse}: allow -<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>Eric Wong, Jan 24, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 24, 2006
  3. Eric WongJan 25, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2006
  5. rev-{list,parse}: allow -n<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>Eric Wong, Jan 29, 2006
  6. rev-{list,parse}: optionally allow -<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>Eric Wong, Jan 29, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2006
  8. rev-{list,parse}: allow -<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>Eric Wong, Jan 30, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2006
  10. Eric WongJan 30, 2006
  11. rev-{list,parse}: allow -n<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>Eric Wong, Jan 30, 2006

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