Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h]

[Alfred M\. Szmidt]

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   So why should cat be any different?

Just because two extreme cases support -h as a alias for --help,
doesn't mean that it is a GNU convention.  You still haven't given a
good reason why -h should be a alias for --help.

-h is quite uncommon as a alias for --help in GNU programs, and --help
is not that frequently used to warrent a short-option for --help.
Infact, just in binutils, objdump uses -H as a alias, -h is a alias
for --section-headers.  Frankly, adding -h as a alias for --help only
causes confusion for users, and any such alias should be removed.