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At the point I'd be happy if all unix tools had a `--json` option. Then the whole space issue goes away. So do a bunch of parsing issues. Unix tools standardiz
by jyounker 6y ago
At the point I'd be happy if all unix tools had a `--json` option. Then the whole space issue goes away. So do a bunch of parsing issues.
Unix tools standardized a character representation (e.g. everything is ascii). The next step is a unified standard the syntactical representation.
- laumars 6y agoASCII isn’t just a “character representation” though. It includes code points for data serialisation and transmission control. You can represent tables in ASCII without resorting to printable characters nor white space as field separators. I don’t why POSIX tools don’t already do this but I suspect it’s because most tools would have evolved by accident rather than being designed from the ground up with edge cases in mind.