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My argument is that many people come to a cli utility expecting that <foo /path/to/myfile> simply works. So are for or against that? If you're for the < /path/
by Annatar 10y ago
My argument is that many people come to a cli utility expecting that <foo /path/to/myfile> simply works.
So are for or against that? If you're for the < /path/to/my/file argument, then we are in complete agreement. A command line application should read from stdin where that applies.
- dllthomas 10y agoIt seems to me there was confusion here caused by an unfortunate choice of angle brackets for quoting. I think `foo /path/to/myfile` is what the parent was trying to say.
- jpitz 10y agoIt was. Thank you. I want stdin to work. I also want specifying a file name to work. I think supporting both is good UI design, and follows the principle of least surprise.