Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> writes:

> Hmm it's a bit surprising that min()/max() are not available
> as $((shell arithmetic)) or in `expr`.  Consequently I agree that
> adding the option you suggest is useful.  What will we call it though?

I remember a recent discussion about adding min/max to sort.  Is still
this feature desired?


> Maybe:
>
>   --ignore=N    If possible reduce the count by N

Even if it looks a bit ugly, IMO this new option can help to put less
logic in every shell script using it.


Cheers,
Giuseppe


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