Re: POSIX misunderstanding

[Paul Eggert]

Albert Cahalan <address@hidden> writes:

> It's no more legal or illegal than "head -42 foo".

"head -42 foo" is explicitly disallowed by the guidelines.
"head --lines 42 foo" is not.  But we're veering from the main point.

> I'm bothering.

Thanks.  (It's a thankless job, normally.  :-)

> So, will you accept the opinion of the committee chair?

There's no rush.  Let's wait until the standard is formally changed or
corrected, as I imagine it will be.