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Re^2: Why is it good practice for a cli script to take switch args before file list?

by swampyankee (Parson)
on Jul 20, 2006 at 03:12 UTC ( [id://562496]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Why is it good practice for a cli script to take switch args before file list?
in thread Why is it good practice for a cli script to take switch args before file list?

This kind of explains why some compilers and print-oriented utilities intermix switches and file names: they parse them sequentially, and files are only effected by switches that precede them.

emc

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