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by rollcat 1033 days ago
GNU had to create a convention for the --long flags to fit all of their options.

I think the convention itself is good - I prefer long flags in scripts for improved readability.

But GNU is anything but minimal - compare GNU ls[1] with BSD ls[2], and try to recall the last time you needed --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir.

    [1]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/ls
    [2]: http://man.openbsd.org/ls