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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by tedunangst on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:31PM (#24520966)
Why are you more likely to typo something in a script you can read, review, and test than an interactive command prompt that executes immediately?
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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by lukeck on Friday September 18, 2020 @07:16PM (#24522792)
I guess the differences are how long it takes to detect a typo, and therefore the blast radius in getting it wrong in a script that could be executed many times before you notice.
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