Re:The -a to -z of Command-Line Options (2003)
by amyjess on Monday December 10, 2018 @10:54AM
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-p is also very commonly "password". It may take an argument, or it may cause the program to interactively prompt you for a password when you run it. Similarly, -k is often "key".
-a could also be "ask"; Gentoo, for example, uses it to ask you to confirm before proceeding with emerge.
-a could also be "ask"; Gentoo, for example, uses it to ask you to confirm before proceeding with emerge.
-h is very often "host".