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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by saagarjha on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:59PM (#24524551)
I stick to POSIX in my dotfiles precisely because I carry it around on many different systems and that’s the only thing that can keep it sane.
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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by samtheprogram on Saturday September 19, 2020 @02:58AM (#24525714)
Same here — I felt it would detract from the point I was trying to make so I didn’t mention it, especially since I don’t think most people run multiple OS’s :) At the least though, I would assume people regularly have collaborators that run different OS’s.
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