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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:15:09 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject: Re: command line options on the end
To: Matt Rice <ratmice AT yahoo DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:50:28 -0700 (PDT) Matt Rice <ratmice AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:

> i guess, adding options to the end seems to work under
> debian , redhat and cobalt boxes... not irix though
> i guess my question is, would it be possible to have
> this feature?
> 
> --- Heinz-Jürgen Oertel <hj DOT oertel AT surfeu DOT de> wrote:
> > What is the question here ?
> > 
> > Am Dienstag, 30. Juli 2002 21:00 schrieb Matt Rice:
> > > # grep foo * -rn
> > > foo:foo
> > > Binary file valhalla-i386-disc1.iso matches
> > > Binary file valhalla-i386-disc2.iso matches
> > > Binary file valhalla-i386-disc3.iso matches
> > > grep: -rn No such file or directory

Allowing options after non-option type arguments is a decision made by the
authors of each command.  There are notable exceptions like gcc, but most
UNIX programs do not allow them.

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