Re: bash should not be essential
mbaker@iee.org (Mark Baker) wrote on 21.11.97 in <E0xYxv0-0006nM-00@aziraphale.pet.cam.ac.uk>:
> I don't know whether Ian does, but I do. I find
>
> cp /very/long/path/foo /very/long/path/bar baz
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> a lot harder to read than
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> cp /very/long/bath/{foo,bar} baz
>
> And your suggestion of
>
> (cd /very/long/path; cp foo bar baz)
>
> is even worse IMO.
Especially as it's wrong. The baz in the first two cases is different from
the baz in the last case.
MfG Kai
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