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Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h]
From: |
Alfred M\. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h] |
Date: |
Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:31:15 +0200 |
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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.
- [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], J. Grant, 2005/09/17
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], Alfred M\. Szmidt, 2005/09/17
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], J. Grant, 2005/09/17
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h],
Alfred M\. Szmidt <=
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], J. Grant, 2005/09/17
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], Alfred M\. Szmidt, 2005/09/17
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], J. Grant, 2005/09/17
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], Alfred M\. Szmidt, 2005/09/17
- Re: [Fwd: cat: invalid option -- h], Andreas Schwab, 2005/09/17