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bug#10915: 8.13: df -- overly long output lines are very hard to read
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
bug#10915: 8.13: df -- overly long output lines are very hard to read |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:47:55 +0100 |
Jim Meyering wrote:
...
> Regarding --exclude, its name is problematic since there's already an
> --exclude-type option. Adding a new --exclude option would render invalid
> any existing use of the perfectly valid abbreviation, --exclude=$FS_TYPE
>
> And then some would probably want an --include option to go along with it.
> This makes me wonder about different semantics, say --filter=[-+]REGEXP
> where --filter=-EXCLUDE_RE and --filter=+INCLUDE_RE.
> Or maybe even encode more. What if you want to filter
> based on the "Mounted-on" name and I want to filter
> based on the "Filesystem" column?
Besides, once the columns are reordered, you can filter
just fine using grep.
bug#10915: 8.13: df -- overly long output lines are very hard to read, Pádraig Brady, 2012/03/01