Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 16:41:29 -0500 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Rationalizing sed -i/-I (in-place editing) argument handling Message-ID: <CAPyFy2CQ9uUPWx4F03aUXwf9u23Rm4MvRzfKnz%2BFeBcj3sow-w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8e9983a4243d158789029ec8b16837b35ca4451a.camel@freebsd.org> References: <CAPyFy2DJcNsDd0tmfyuumDkxXoBDYDmNTqGL8VOsMjk3cr2=3A@mail.gmail.com> <8e9983a4243d158789029ec8b16837b35ca4451a.camel@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 15:55, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I also hate the idea of requiring no space between -I and its related > value. That seems like a huge POLA violation compared to how virtually > every other command's options and arguments work. On the other hand, -i.ext with no space is compatible with FreeBSD today and is portable to OpenBSD, NetBSD, macOS, and GNU. -i .ext works only with FreeBSD and macOS.
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