netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] nstat: case-insensitive pattern matching

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Message-ID: <20200708082819.155f7bb7@hermes.lan>
Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 08:28:19 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Anton Danilov <littlesmilingcloud@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] nstat: case-insensitive pattern matching

On Wed,  8 Jul 2020 15:38:02 +0300
Anton Danilov <littlesmilingcloud@...il.com> wrote:

> The option 'nocase' allows ignore case in the pattern matching.
> 
> Examples:
>     nstat --nocase *drop*
>     nstat -azi icmp*
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Danilov <littlesmilingcloud@...il.com>

Why not just make it the default?
I can't imagine a scenario where user would want to match on icmp different than ICMP