bug#26971: mv -v output ordering looks impossible

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 05/18/2017 04:41 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> $ src/mv -v /tmp/mv-test .
> mkdir './mv-test'
> cp '/tmp/mv-test/file' './mv-test/file'
> rm '/tmp/mv-test/file'
> rmdir '/tmp/mv-test'
>
> $ src/mv -v mv-test mv-test-2
> mv 'mv-test' 'mv-test-2'

I think this may be confusing in longer shell output with "set -x":

  + src/mv -v /tmp/mv-test .
  mkdir './mv-test'
  cp '/tmp/mv-test/file' './mv-test/file'
  rm '/tmp/mv-test/file'
  rmdir '/tmp/mv-test'
  + src/mv -v mv-test mv-test-2
  mv 'mv-test' 'mv-test-2'


so the user has to search for the leading "+" to see what really has
been executed.  IMO the '->' style is a great eye-catcher in such
listings.

Have a nice day,
Berny