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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by matheusmoreira on Friday September 18, 2020 @07:26PM (#24522862)
> If you're working on shell scripts, you probably know certain short flags well enough that long flags just add clutter and don't improve readability.

What about other people who might read the script?

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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by webreac on Saturday September 19, 2020 @06:15AM (#24526391)
I have more difficulties to read long flags. The people who want to improve by reading my scripts will have to search for the short flags because nobody use long flags from command line. IMHO the benefits of long flags vs short ones are not obvious.
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