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

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi Chris,

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 11:00:41PM +0100, Christian Groessler wrote:
> 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.

Back in the day, GNU did value convenience:

"GNU will be able to run Unix programs, but will not be identical to Unix.
We will make all improvements that are convenient, based on our experience
with other operating systems."
                -- https://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html

SCNR,
Erik