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by Wevah 1528 days ago
And (e.g.) OpenSSL IS `openssl version`, with no dashes at all.
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To be fair, when deciding how to implement CLI options, it's probably advisable to run as far away as you can from drawing any sort of inspiration from openssl. Even git looks like a paragon of UX compared to the openssl CLI.
You don't think that -text -noout is an intuitive way to output something as text?