Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 20:09:08 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>, Freebsd hackers list <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Introduce ifconfig -a -g groupname Message-ID: <d121d169-2650-b4a7-e0de-13a1fb4c50dc@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <20200529130317.GP1196@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <f2590459-6207-32c2-ca0e-212c1f4f0765@grosbein.net> <20200529130317.GP1196@albert.catwhisker.org>
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29.05.2020 20:03, David Wolfskill wrote: > Just a quick note before I wake up Spouse to go for a bike ride: I > suggest using ! for negation -- and yes, I realize it would need to be > escaped; I use /bin/csh as my login shell. > > But I'm used to escapiing !; I expect it. So it's part of my "muscle > memory" (and thus, not that big a deal). > > And (IMO) clarity is paramount. :-) > > (I'll try to update the comments in teh review to indicate the above, so > others can react as they see fit.) Interactive usage when you see results and errors immediately is one part only. Other part is scripting, especially nested like: ssh ... 'sudo command "arg1 arg2 args3"' where extra escaping sometimes becomes real PITA. I really like to avoid it.
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