Re: option abbreviation exceptions

[Eric Blake]

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According to Pádraig Brady on 12/30/2008 2:46 AM:
>> Usage: truncate [OPTION]... [FILE]...
> 
> Is supporting stdin a useful enhancement?
> Maybe if you can get the shell to open
> different files based on some condition,
> though again that seems a little contrived.

if cond ; then
  foo=file1
else
  foo=file2
fi
truncate -s0 <$foo

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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