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touch: add -v, --verbose option

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Cc: 19456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19456: GNU coreutils - touch / add -v, --verbose option
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:35:44 -0800

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net> wrote:
> It would be nice to see progress of touched files. Please
> add option[1]:

Hi Jari,
My preference is to avoid adding the --verbose option
to programs like touch.  Here is some explanation for
why I have seriously considered taking the relatively
drastic step of removing that option from the ch???
commands that currently accept it (chmod, chown,
chgrp):

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2010-08/msg00042.html

The case for touch is not quite the same, but the above
shows where my bias originates.

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