In article <20070626045707.GA22396@arresum.veego.de>,
Bernd Ernesti  <current-users@NetBSD.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>why do we need more programs in the base system and where was
>this dicussed prior before adding it?
>I can understand it for POSIX requirements, but not for other
>tools where it even was not mentioned before adding it.
>
>Regards,
>Bernd

Hi Bernd,

I considered adding it as an option to cat, but it had ran out of
option letters.

Regards,
christos