From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:50:43 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Change the minimum-size threshold on filterator.
X-Git-Tag: 1.5~5
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=72270e635d5bb4565b50a4fd6fe51c0c2d40c9f6;p=comparator.git

Change the minimum-size threshold on filterator.
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diff --git a/comparator.xml b/comparator.xml
index c88c03f..ddb69be 100644
--- a/comparator.xml
+++ b/comparator.xml
@@ -131,10 +131,12 @@ The noise test for shell files throws away Bourne-shell keywords</para>
 <para>The <option>-n</option> suppresses noise filtering.  The
 <option>-d</option> acts as it does for
 <application>comparator</application>.  The <option>-s</option> option
-sets the minimum size of overlap to be reported; setting this to a
+sets the minimum size of overlap to be reported. Setting this to a
 slightly larger number than the <application>comparator</application>
-shred size may be a useful way to filter out spurious matches. The
-<option>-x</option> enables some debugging output.  It is for
+shred size is a useful way to filter out spurious matches; thus, while
+<application>comparator</application> defaults to a shred size of 3,
+<application>filterator</application> defaults to a minimum size of
+5. The <option>-x</option> enables some debugging output.  It is for
 developers; if you need to understand it, read the code.</para>
 
 <para>Occasionally the <application>filterator</application> output
diff --git a/filterator b/filterator
index 0cacb1f..9b34b96 100755
--- a/filterator
+++ b/filterator
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         sys.stderr.write("usage: filterator [-d dir] [-n] [-s size] [-x]\n")
         sys.exit(2)
     nofilter = debug = 0
-    minsize = 0
+    minsize = 5
     linecounts = {}
     for (opt, val) in optlist:
         if opt == '-d':