GNU bug report logs - #19456
touch: add -v, --verbose option

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:34:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 19456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: jari <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 19456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19456: GNU coreutils - touch / add -v, --verbose option
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:00:32 +0100

On 12/28/2014 12:50 PM, jari wrote:
> On 2014-12-28 11:45, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> |   find ... | tee /dev/tty | xargs touch ...
>
> This isn't really user friendly to use.
>
> The --verbose option would be perfect.

xargs (from GNU findutils) has a --verbose alias -t option:

  $ find ... | xargs --verbose touch

Have a nice day,
Berny
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