On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:01:12 -0700, Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org> wrote: > BTW I chose 's' without any research.. Date only has the short getopt so > '--' doesn't work, but > there are lots of unsed letters.. a quick survey suggests maybe -p > (pipe?) (suggestions welcome) my favourites of s and f are already used > on one system or another. I'd stick to either -S, -F, -T (for timestamp) or -p. After a quick research in some twenties man pages, it's easy to find programs that have few options and some of them are uppercase. -- Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <rnsanchez_at_{gmail.com,wait4.org}> Powered by FreeBSD "Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse."Received on Wed Aug 16 2006 - 23:30:40 UTC
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