Bug 20696

Summary:	[etcat] support for parameters after argument
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Narada Sage <narada.sage>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Alastair Tse (RETIRED) <liquidx>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Narada Sage 2003-05-09 07:39:46 UTC

Hello.  Here is a small enhancement request to etcat to make it easier to 
use.  Currently, the use of etcat is etcat -param arg but doing etcat arg -
param doesn't have the same effect and lists usage.  It is often more 
convenient to put params after the arg because then it can quickly be changed 
to another one.  So it would be useful if -params could be added anywhere on 
the line and it would be picked up and effected.  Many thanks.

Comment 1 Alastair Tse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-10 09:01:28 UTC

unfortunately no. i'm not going to complicate the script by allowing freeform parameters in the near future.

thanks for your suggestion though, if you want to pursue this further, feel free to actually knock up a patch that does it and submit it to us :)