[ast-developers] Fwd: [developer] 4732 /usr/bin/file should provide -b option for compatiblity with GNU/BSD file

Glenn Fowler

2014-04-13 21:11:32 UTC

$ file --?b
Usage: file [ options ] [ file ... ]
OPTIONS
-b, --brief|no-filename
Suppress the output line file name prefix.
$ file --?-v
version file (AT&T Research) 2011-08-01

Post by Dan Shelton
Can we get file -b for AST file, please?
Dan
PS: Is file a shell builtin?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David H?ppner <developer at lists.illumos.org>
Date: 12 April 2014 11:35
Subject: [developer] 4732 /usr/bin/file should provide -b option for
compatiblity with GNU/BSD file
To: "<developer at lists.illumos.org>" <developer at lists.illumos.org>
Hi,
webrev: http://cr.illumos.org/~webrev/0xffea/file-b-01/
issue: https://illumos.org/issues/4732
Just adds -b to the file command to skip printing of the leading filename.
thanks,
-- David
$ file /usr/bin/file
/usr/bin/file: ELF 32-bit LSB executable 80386 Version 1, dynamically
linked, not stripped, no debugging information available
$ file -b /usr/bin/file
ELF 32-bit LSB executable 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, not
stripped, no debugging information available
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