hello
in linux if u want to give a single alphabet option then u give the
'-', but if u want to give an option that is more than one character long
then we use '--'
as in
ls -a - --color |more
or
ls -al --color |more
u can even concatenate to single character options in to a single string.
thats where it helps us to differentiate with single character & string
options
Bye
Harsha
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>hi all,
>
>This question sounds stupid but I am putting it to you anyway.
>I have worked with different unices (Irix, OSF, solaris etc.)
>When I came to Linux I discovered all command line options were
>using two hyphens (--) instead of single -.
>
>For example: ls --color
>
>Now, why is it so? :)
>
>-gnana
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