Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 08:31:17 +0000 From: Steven Hartland <steven.hartland@multiplay.co.uk> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> Cc: "eugen@freebsd.org" <eugen@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn: head/usr.bin: . trim Message-ID: <0e233c0c-6c80-4618-9618-48162362a849@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20181130011713.42B641D27@spqr.komquats.com> References: <20181130011713.42B641D27@spqr.komquats.com>
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Personally I disagree, chances of people finding that option in dd is
slim, a dedicated trim utility makes much more sense to me. Sure have
both that's cool but keep the trim would be my vote.
On 30/11/2018 01:17, Cy Schubert wrote:
> Agreed.
>
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> Sent using a tiny phone keyboard.
> Apologies for any typos and autocorrect.
> Also, this old phone only supports top post. Apologies.
>
> Cy Schubert
> <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org>
> The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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> From: Alexey Dokuchaev
> Sent: 29/11/2018 17:01
> To: Maxim Sobolev
> Cc: eugen@freebsd.org; svn-src-head@freebsd.org;
> svn-src-all@freebsd.org; src-committers
> Subject: Re: svn: head/usr.bin: . trim
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:36:02AM -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > Interesting. I have a similar functionality implemented as an option for
> > the dd utility in my pipeline (conv=erase).
>
> Which probably makes a better place rather than adding 4-letter program,
> commonly named ("trim" is a simple word), into global namespace. :-/
>
> ./danfe
>
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