Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: >We can add a simple way to restore the old behaviour, though : >a command-line flag (-N and -P were suggested as counterparts >to -n and -p. -P was conveniently made free previously:) I don't think it matters much if -n and -p continue being the magical file loop as at present. For quick oneliners you often want the extra power, and don't really care about whether it's safe in general. OTOH, making -n and -p boring commands (so they can be safely be used in shell programming, etc.) and adding -N and -P would also work well. -- Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________Thread Next