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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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