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fix uniq -c

fix uniq -c

Posted Feb 13, 2025 13:30 UTC (Thu) by stijn (subscriber, #570)
In reply to: fix uniq -c by jmalcolm
Parent article: Rewriting essential Linux packages in Rust

It would equally be possible to add new options that add new behaviour, such as for example outputting well-formatted output, that is, usable for further consumption by adhering to a standard table format such as tab-separated data. I'll enquire.

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fix uniq -c

Posted Mar 1, 2025 17:00 UTC (Sat) by jkingweb (subscriber, #113039) [Link]

The trouble with writing a drop-in replacement for X while trying to also improve on X is that as X changes, you may cease to be a drop-in replacement because your enhancements become incompatible with new functionality. MariaDB ran into this problem.


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