On Sunday 2016-12-25 23:59, Guus Sliepen wrote: >> * tailhex(1) - hex dumper with tail-following support > >od -x | tail? Do we really need a tool for this?
tail is not the same as tail -f, and /usr/bin/od (and /usr/bin/hexdump) end execution when they reach the end of a regular file, such that piping into tail (with or without -f) would be useless. >> * xcp(1) - proof-of-concept cp(1) with alternate copying mechanisms > >I'm quite sure cp from coreutils is using an optimal algorithm >it should be fixed there instead of having another tool that >does not implement everything cp does, and may not even be faster. Feel free to write the patch. There is a 12% time improvement to gain with splice(2), at least there is here when testing on a 2GB file.
