Re: [PATCH] md5sum+sha*sum: add option --quiet/-q to suppress OK messages

[Jim Meyering]

Erik Auerswald <address@hidden> wrote:
> IMHO md5sum and sha*sum are too verbose by default, especially when
> checking a large collection of files with only a few failing validation.
> Therefore I'd like to see an option added to suppress just the output
> for successfully verified files.
>
> The attached patch does that by adding the option --quiet/-q, including
> documentation and a testcase.

Hi Erik,

Thank you for a fine patch.
That looks very good.
The only suggestion I can make so far is to omit the short-named "-q" option.
The "--q" abbreviation of --quiet is only one byte longer.

However, we'll need to deal with copyright paperwork
before I can apply it.  Please follow the instructions in
the file, HACKING, in the "Copyright assignment" section.

Jim

P.S., please adjust your mail client.
Currently, it emits an invalid "Mail-Followup-To:" line:

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