Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Making a patch from the debian sources is not a difficult task >> and I can provide one if necessary. > > On thinking about it further, I like the idea of having 'uniq' be > consistent with 'sort', but I'd prefer 'uniq' to have the same syntax > as 'sort', i.e, 'uniq' should use the same -k option that 'sort' has. > > Could you implement a patch along those lines, and give us permission > to use it? You shouldn't use the Debian patch unless we can be sure > we can get written permission from its author. > > However, I'd wait for Jim's advice on this before doing any real work, > since he'd have to decide whether GNU uniq should support a -k option.
I agree, and think I wrote exactly the same thing: uniq needs the same -k key-selection options as sort -- probably in response to a request to integrate the Debian patch. I went to look for it a couple days ago, but got side-tracked. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
