[bug #55095] please add "--count" to find

2018-11-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #55095 (project findutils): This would be counter to the Unix philosophy of small programs that do one thing well that can be combined together to perform new useful things. This is just one example of something that is unpredictably needed but can be created as needed u

[bug #55095] please add "--count" to find

2018-11-25 Thread Andreas Metzler
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #55095 (project findutils): FWIW I think this is a terrible idea. Combining find and wc to count matches (a) works very well and (b) is accessible. People who know the basic find syntax and know the existence of wc will do it exactly this way, instead of looking into find

[bug #55095] please add "--count" to find

2018-11-25 Thread Harald Dunkel
URL: Summary: please add "--count" to find Project: findutils Submitted by: harri Submitted on: Sun 25 Nov 2018 04:14:11 PM UTC Category: find Severity: 3 - Normal