[asterisk-dev] CLI: list vs show ? (Re: [asterisk-commits] oej: branch 1.4 r46216 - /branches/1.4/channels/chan_sip.c)

Tilghman Lesher tilghman at mail.jeffandtilghman.com
Thu Oct 26 09:05:12 MST 2006


On Thursday 26 October 2006 08:30, Brian Candler wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 07:36:56PM -0500, Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> > > It is _not_ "noun verb", it is "category noun verb". I don't
> > > think very many people would want 50+ commands that all start
> > > with 'show' and tab completion that crosses all the possible
> > > categories.
> >
> > s/category noun verb/category verb argument/
> >
> > "sip" is the category, "show" is the verb, "peers" is the argument.
>
> Ah, but it's not any more - it's "sip list peers", or else
> "sip show peer <foo>". That's what I find confusing.

I beg your pardon.  How is "show" not a verb?  How is "list"
not a verb?  While my example was admittedly out of date, the
basic form of it is very consistent.

-- 
Tilghman


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