command line arguments
John Quarterman
jsq at ut-sally.UUCP
Sat Jun 29 01:58:07 AEST 1985
some commands take arguments as
command -abcdefg filename
and some as
command -a -b -c -d -e -f -g filename
It would be great if this was standardised.
Post this if you like: it's gleaned from a book 'Unix for beginners' by
Miller and Boyle at the University of Leeds, UK
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