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* Joseph Brenner <doomvox@gmail.com> [2021-10-19 12:25:48 -0700]: > Oodler 577 via perl5-porters <perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote: > > >If it's going to be equivalent to "-0777", which directly impacts the record > separator, then "-R" is probably better. > > I thought we could do better than that, but maybe not... of the > available choices -R isn't bad. The remaining unused single ascii > letters are: > > b g j k o q r y z A B G H J K L N O P Q R Y Z > > Though there are some numerics also: > > -1 do it in one gulp (confusable with -l, though) > > Possibly: > > -o do it in "one" gulp (myself I'd keep it in case there's a need > for "output") > > Maybe: > > -N the "opposite" of -n > -P the "opposite" of -p > > so instead of, say, -nR or -pR you could just use -N or -P FYI ~ In awk, "RS" is the the "record separator" (like Perl's $/); so any combination of "[rR][sS]" might do - I understand we're working with just single character options, so the "r" and the "s" would be defined such that the combination "RS" does the right thing - I'm not sure if that's possible but if it is, this wwould be the most historically relevant approach. That said, Perl reappropriates a lot of stuff from awk, e.g., "BEGIN" and "END". Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Brett -- -- oodler@cpan.org oodler577@sdf-eu.org SDF-EU Public Access UNIX System - http://sdfeu.org irc.perl.org #openmp #pdl #nativeThread Previous