[GitHub] [accumulo] EdColeman commented on issue #1776: Check for consistency of shell commands that operate on a table.

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EdColeman commented on issue #1776:
URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/issues/1776#issuecomment-731240094


   Mark, thanks for picking this up - when scripting, needed to switch into a table before being able to run a command was a pain point.  
   
   As for then it comes to requiring or having -t as an option on the remaining six - my inclination is to always have -t available so the commands take consistent input rather than needing to remember that those six are outliers.  However, there are two that stand out - clonetable and renametable - they take two table names so if only -t was added it could leave confusion unless there was -t (source?) and -n (destination) or something. Without two switches, what table is specified by -t (I'd assume the source, but...)
   
   With these six, the intent is clear that they require a table name, so its fine either way - just wanted to weigh my preference is for consistency over brevity when possible.  For me, the extra typing required if -t was always required is less mental effort than needing to remember when -t not available.
   


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