At 14:33 Uhr +0000 18.12.2005, David Laight wrote:
>Actually if programs use long options I find I have to read the man page
>every time in order to find the exact spelling.  So there is little
>benefit over reading the man page in order to find the the short option
>letter.

Good point. Add to that the man page doesn't become more readable with the
mixture of short and long options.

I find that with GNU tools, I hardly ever go with the --long options.

	hauke

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