[WISHLIST] How many records to output

[Tomoyuki Sakurai]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 08:58:07AM -0400, Carter Bullard wrote:
> 
> Extending the option to specify the number of output records
> should allow the user to specify both input and output record numbers
> at the same time, which could make the syntax a bit awkward.
> 
> We could add something like:
> 
>     -N [i|o]num[-num]][,onum[-num]]
> 
> This would allow for:
> 
>     -N 10
>     -N 100-120
>     -N o50
>     -N o50-100
>     -N i100-200,o10-20
> 
> Would this do it?
> 

Yes, it would and the syntax looks okay.

However, it would be better to have another option something
like -O. IMO, an option should have one semantic.

Best regards,
-- 
Tomoyuki Sakurai