Bruno Haible wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> But min() and max() are available through the 'test'
> program or shell
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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.
But min() and max() are available through the 'test'
program or shell built-in command. If the user ca
Pádraig Brady writes:
> Hmm it's a bit surprising that min()/max() are not available
> as $((shell arithmetic)) or in `expr`. Consequently I agree that
> adding the option you suggest is useful. What will we call it though?
I remember a recent discussion about adding min/max to sort. Is still
On 10/26/2009 11:33 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
So how about sort -j,--jobs to match `make`?
Agreed. However, I think that for coreutils programs it should be the
default to use threads whenever possible.
Paolo
Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Giuseppe Scrivano"
>>
>> For example, assuming that `sort' will soon get the --threads option and
>> an user decides to use all cores except one to sort a file, then it can
>> be done as:
>>
>> sort --threads="$(($(core-count) - 1))"
- Original Message -
From: "Giuseppe Scrivano"
To: "Bruno Haible"
Cc: ; ; "Jim Meyering"
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] core-count: A new program to count the number of
cpucores
...
> > If it is meant as a tool for
