It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

  • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    but never with the options switch around

    Life pro tip: always put the force flag first on any command line you write (that has such a flag), to ensure that it’s the first thing seen by everyone (including your future self) reading that command line.

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      3 months ago

      I don’t think these things are universal across software, but you can often put -f on its own, separate from other flags, or get in the habit of using the long --force flag.

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        3 months ago

        As far as I’ve seen, single letter flags like -f can always be used by themselves, like -f -r

        It’s actually not universal that they can be put together like -fr

      • JackbyDev
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        3 months ago

        In scripts or documents I try to use the long form of commands.