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ddevault on Sept 18, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Use long flags when scripting (2013)

Absolutely not. Long flags are non-standard and non-portable. Don't write GNU scripts - write shell scripts.

stjohnswarts on Sept 19, 2020 [–]

Depends on the situation as always. Obviously if it's going to be used cross platform go for it, otherwise YAGNI

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