>In my version of grep (2.5.1), -R and -r are the same. I use -R
>because a lot of other tools, like ls, only support -R. ls -r means
>'reverse'.

Tools like "grep" really should not have sprouted a "-R" because it
is contrary to the Unix tool philosophy.  Gnu apparently wants to
reimplement all tools inside all other tools.

>Another annoyance is that most tools do not accept --help. This is
>common with GNU tools, and I prefer it over -h, because some tools
>might use -h for a real thing. In case  -h means "remove all files",
>then you're screwed...

All our tools accept "man tool"; that's actually 3 letters less typing.

Casper
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