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Loose Standards for Command Line Options
| option | description |
|---|---|
| -a | all |
| -b | buffer / block size |
| -c | comand |
| -d | debug or delete |
| -D | define |
| -e | execute |
| -f | file (input) |
| -h | help |
| -i | interactive / initialize |
| -I | include |
| -k | keep / kill |
| -l | list / load / login / length / lock |
| -m | message / mode |
| -n | number |
| -o | output |
| -p | port / protocol |
| -q | quiet |
| -r / -R | recurse |
| -s | silent / subject |
| -t | tag |
| -u | user |
| -v | verbose / version |
| -V | version |
| -w | width / warning |
| -x | debug / extract |
| -y | yes |
| -z | compress |
From an answer on SO, a good convention seems to be:
- When no options are given, show help and print to
stderrwith an error code - When the
-hor--helpoption are given, provide help onstdoutand give no error