Re: ls dir -t dir

[Dan Jacobson]

>>>>> "Miles" == Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

Miles> Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> writes:
>> If ls insists on acting like I said ls -t mapping mapping, then you
>> might as well disallow options after arguments.

Miles> What would be the point of that?  It's useful for users to be able to
Miles> specify options wherever they please.

I can't really express my problem in words, but I know options
interspersed with arguments do have meaning sometimes:
$ command arg arg -i infile -o outfile arg
but if
$ ls dir1 -t dir1
does not produce the same as
$ ls dir1; ls -t dir1
and instead just produces the same as
$ ls -t dir1 dir1
then it seems broken, and the simple fix would not to allow options
after args... hmmm, wc seems to also do funny things.  cat too... uh
oh, maybe they all do this :-(  when did this start?
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