[forrestthewoods]

That's a true statement. Yet I still think the second way is superior.

There's a steeper learning curve sure. But brevity has value.

Is grep a stupid ass name that makes no sense to the layman? Of course! Can even moderately complicated regular expressions actually be read by anyone after the fact? Hell no. And yet it's a fantastic tool.

If there were a dynamic toggle between verbose and brief newbies would start with verbose. I bet most users would eventually switch to brief. Not all, but most.