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Re:Use Long Options in Scripts by hackerthemonkey on Saturday March 22, 2025 @06:19AM (#43444734)
Learning is one thing and being able to comprehend a piece of code at a glance is another. I might know them but wouldn’t immediately remember all the past and future short form of flags ever written. What is even the point of that? If I am comfortable with the essence of what they do, does it really matter that much if I have that ingrained in my memory that -r does foo while -f does bar?

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