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From: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
To: Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>
Cc: util-linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hexdump: automatically use -C when called as hd
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 12:17:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG27Bk1DNLjV0uVqLVX=0BN=50xxxkX0szStyatwAytNmOcA8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200623001430.890832-1-zeha@debian.org>

On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 01:15, Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> wrote:
>
> When invoking hexdump as hd enable the "Canonical" format to by
> default, implying the -C option.
>
> This is historic behaviour on Debian and apparently also on FreeBSD.
> Some Debian users have asked for this to be restored, after Debian
> switched to util-linux' hexdump and hd.

Wouldn't it make more sense to add an alias to a global profile?

alias hd='hexdump -C'

--
Sami Kerola
http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/

  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-23 11:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-23  0:14 [PATCH] hexdump: automatically use -C when called as hd Chris Hofstaedtler
2020-06-23 11:17 ` Sami Kerola [this message]
2020-06-23 17:06   ` Chris Hofstaedtler
2020-06-24 14:41 ` Karel Zak

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