@LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.com@LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square142fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@flying_sheep@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•edit-21 year agoIt’s insane that this isn’t consistent. Any combination of -h, -? and --help exists between tools (from 0 to all 3 of them)
minus-square@zaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink0•1 year agoNever seen -?, it’s either -h, --help, or -help for programs that just want to be different.
minus-square@flying_sheep@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•1 year agoOne example for it is … tar! https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/tar.1.html
It’s insane that this isn’t consistent.
Any combination of
-h,-?and--helpexists between tools (from 0 to all 3 of them)Never seen
-?, it’s either-h,--help, or-helpfor programs that just want to be different.One example for it is … tar!
https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/tar.1.html
So would have been 1:4