[X-Unix] Hiding apps from the command line

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 3/26/04 6:29 PM, "Stroller" <MacMonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> I think that as soon as you start adding flags & multiple options to
> scripts, they're no longer "simple". Basically, I think that doing so
> is asking for trouble - although it might  be a great learning
> experience, you may find that the script grows disproportionally with
> each option you add. What about hiding 2 apps..? What about hiding all
> but 2..? What if (as I mentioned in another posting) one of those apps
> has a filename beginning with "-"..?

It's true that it could be simpler to write a series of scripts, each doing
an individual function, but the result so far of this hide script is quite
interesting, and offers the kind of options a "real" command does.
 
 
Kirk
 
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