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tyingq on April 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do long options start with two dashes? (2019)

Found an example that's a bit closer, from Minix 1.0, 1987. The "pr" program:

  Usage: pr [+page] [-columns] [-h header] [-w with] [-l length] [-nt] [files]

Mixed in this case, with -columns and +page, and all hand parsed. But long options nonetheless.

toast0 on April 9, 2021 [–]

Isn't that expecting say pr +4 -172

to format for printing starting at page 4, on a wide 172 colunn paper?

tyingq on April 9, 2021 | [–]

Ah, yes, you're right...

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