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		chubot on April 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do long options start with two dashes? (2019) Related: Problems With the test Builtin: What Does -a Mean? http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2017/08/31.html

ainar-g on April 9, 2021 [–]

Thanks for the article! How did I not see this before? Didn't know that POSIX has obsoleted -a and -o either. I guess I have some shell scripts to rewrite, heh.

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