Erik Auerswald wrote: > On 07/17/2012 05:10 PM, Sami Kerola wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jim Meyering<j...@meyering.net> wrote: >> [...] >>> A few things should be changed regardless. >>> For consistency with other GNU tools: >>> >>> s/--test/--dry-run/ >> >> I changed the option to '-u, --dry-run' which is exact match with mktemp. > > I don't like the short option '-u'. On debian, the PERL rename > (/usr/bin/prename, see update-alternatives --list rename) uses the > short option '-n' for dry-run functionality. Not sure about other > rename programs. > > I'd prefer just the long option '--dry-run'.
I agree. Using no short option is probably best, especially when you realize that you can abbreviate it as "--d" (assuming there's no other --d... option). However, if you feel a short-named option is required, then "-n" is more standard. For example, GNU make and numerous git commands provide -n as a synonym for --dry-run.
