Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 23:21:02 +0000 From: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/sed main.c sed.1 Message-ID: <20020507232102.GA20078@FreeBSD.ORG> In-Reply-To: <p0511173eb8fe0c98ead4@[128.113.24.47]> References: <200205071832.g47IWJO26790@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020507214610.GA30780@FreeBSD.ORG> <p0511173eb8fe0c98ead4@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 07:14:06PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 9:46 PM +0000 5/7/02, J. Mallett wrote: > >On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:32:18AM -0700, J. Mallett wrote: > >> jmallett 2002/05/07 11:32:18 PDT > >> > >> Modified files: > >> usr.bin/sed main.c sed.1 > >> Log: > > > Add a -i option to sed(1) to do inplace editing, to give > > > us an alternative to Perl for such things. > > > >Patch to remove the "droppings" as jhb put it, if a nil > >extension is specified. > > > >I'll implement a -I option which takes no arguments on > >top of this, if it looks kosher. > > I am not quite sure we should debate this on the cvs-lists, > but I don't want to move it to -arch or -hackers just yet > either... The CVS lists are as good a place as any. People who follow changes to the source tree will read there, and be likely to bring up any concerns. I don't know. I suppose we all know what -i is there to replace, so making it work like Perl's option is all that needs done. All that needs debated is who will hold back Wollman if -i may or may not take an argument. > If I think back to the standards definition of 'xargs', the > capital letter options *require* the extra parameter, and > the lowercase options do not. I will admit the lowercase > options also allow for a screwy "tacked-on optional string", > but I will ignore that kind of option as we do not want to > go in that direction. But it looks like we'll have to with regard to the next: > Thus, I would suggest that options be '-I <prefix>' or just > plain '-i', where -i is the same as '-I ""'. Perl compatability is what everyone is screaming for, and Perl compatability is what I feel compelled to give. > I did check sed implementations on a number of platforms, > and none of them seem to use -i or -I. I do like to see > this option to do in-place editing. It would allow us to eliminate a lot of the build dependencies on Perl in ports. -- jmallett@FreeBSD.org | C, MIPS, POSIX, UNIX, BSD, IRC Geek. http://www.FreeBSD.org | The Power to Serve "I've never tried to give my life meaning by demeaning you." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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