Re: A simple hate today.

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"H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xxxxxx.xx> wrote:
> Sorry, I disagree. And I have never liked -h to be help.
> IMHO it should be either -? or --help, and -help could be acceptable

-help can't work or you'd never be able to combine options, which is a  
long standing unixism for lazy people. (I'm lazy, I like it.)

-? is nasty. Not only does it look ugly but it's not even a letter.  
Furthermore I don't want a help option I have to escape to protect it  
from my shell, that's not helpful.

I'm with the original poster. I try -h then --help. If that doesn't  
work I wouldn't even think to use -?, I'd be onto man and strings  
already.

Cheers,

Martin.

• Re: A simple hate today. H.Merijn Brand 17:19 on 25 May 2006
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