Re: Feature request: counting fields/chars from the right.

2006-09-14 Thread Paul Eggert
Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here's an idea: start maintaining a section in coreutils.texi with a > collection of scriptlets and/or examples showing how to do things > like this with other tools. They could serve as examples of the > limitations of the coreutils, as well as ideas fo

Re: Feature request: counting fields/chars from the right.

2006-09-13 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Chris Dew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I was therefore thinking that cut could have a '-r, --count-from-right' >> switch, which would make all field/column values 'right-relative'. > > Thanks for the suggestion, but wouldn't it be better to allow people

Re: Feature request: counting fields/chars from the right.

2006-09-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Dew wrote: > Apologies if this is the wrong address, or the wrong protocal for a feature > request. You have the right address. > I need to use cut, but have variable numbers of fields/chars and often need > to count from the right hand side of a line. Instead of cut I suggest that you use

Re: Feature request: counting fields/chars from the right.

2006-09-13 Thread Paul Eggert
"Chris Dew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was therefore thinking that cut could have a '-r, --count-from-right' > switch, which would make all field/column values 'right-relative'. Thanks for the suggestion, but wouldn't it be better to allow people to mix left-relative and right-relative fiel