[bug-cppi] Re: [PATCH] Add new option --in-place

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 22/03/10 15:33, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 03/22/2010 06:41 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>> So that probably means we need to go with a different name.
>>> `inplace` is the next best one I can think of which
>>> at least mirrors the well known sed --in-place and perl -i options.
>>
>> inplace sounds like a decent name to me.  Sounds like an interesting
>> filter to add.
>
> The name is not too bad, but it does annoy me a bit,
> as commands are usually of the form
>   verb --how
> for e.g.
>   sed --in-place
>
> But if we used `inplace` we'd change to:
>   how "what" file...
>
> By using `replace` we would be back to the more normal form:
>   replace "how" file...
>
> However `replace` is used by mysql-server as previously mentioned.
> And `repl` is used by nmh. How about keeping with the terse unix
> tradition while alluding to the relationship with cp/mv/rm by using...
>
> rp

I wouldn't object.

A possible bastardized compromise: re-place
It's sort of analogous to in-place.