From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 0f446408 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 05:32:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6F8BF9D797; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 15:32:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABD99D777; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 15:32:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EEF3E9D777; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 15:32:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from fourwinds.com (fourwinds.com [63.64.179.162]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A47909D698 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 2020 15:32:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 0285Wc0e1544499 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2020 21:32:38 -0800 Received: from darkstar.fourwinds.com (jon@localhost) by darkstar.fourwinds.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 0285WcWn1544496 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2020 21:32:38 -0800 Message-Id: <202003080532.0285WcWn1544496@darkstar.fourwinds.com> From: Jon Steinhart To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-reply-to: <20200308052632.GD20478@eureka.lemis.com> References: <20200305020517.GA13872@wopr> <20200308052632.GD20478@eureka.lemis.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" message dated "Sun, 08 Mar 2020 16:26:33 +1100." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1544494.1583645558.1@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:32:38 -0800 X-JON-SPAM: local delivery Subject: Re: [TUHS] Command line options and complexity X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" After following this discussion, I guess that I have a simplistic way to determine whether something should be a dash option or a filter. In general, I'd make a filter if whatever it was doing was applicable to more than one command, a dash option otherwise. Jon