Re: [PATCH] tee: Add -q, --quiet option to not write to stdout

[Christian Groessler]

Eric,

On 1/21/21 10:41 PM, Eric Pruitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 07:06:01PM +0100, Christian Groessler wrote:
> > All the examples you gave in your previous email work on (I'd say) 99% of
> > *nix systems.
> >
> > "tee -q" will only work on systems with coreutils installed.
> How is this any worse than the litany of other GNU-specific options
> present in coreutils?


I don't have an overview of other GNU-specific options in other tools of 
coreutils. But I'd guess they add genuine features which cannot 
accomplished in other ways.

But this feature at hand just seems to be a "convenience" feature. The 
same can be accomplished with by using of existing features/programs.

regards,
chris