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Re: Are Options allowed everywhere on the command-line ?
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Are Options allowed everywhere on the command-line ? |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Dec 2001 00:22:23 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.1.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) |
Claus Rasmussen <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have noticed that all the programs in the fileutils 4.1 package accept
> options everywhere on the commandline. I have browsed the info-documenta-
> tion for any indication of the desired behaviour but in vain.
>
> Example:
>
> > mkdir test
> > cd test
> > touch -- -l foo bar # Make some files
> > ls
>
> bar foo -l
>
> > ls bar foo -l
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 clr clr 0 Dec 14 11:13 bar
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 clr clr 0 Dec 14 11:13 foo
>
> If this really is a bug (and not a "feature" :-), I would gladly volunter
> to submit a diff correcting the problem.
It's a feature.
You can use the same technique for ls that you used for touch:
ls -- bar foo -l
or this:
ls bar foo ./-l