I’ve been thinking about bash / shell flag conventions a bunch lately. I was considering creating a list of commonly shared flags. If you’re making a script and you want to create a flag, it could be confusing to use -v for --velociraptor, because it’s more commonly used for version.
| flag | description | examples |
|---|---|---|
| -C | Set’s working path | git, npm |
| -h | Output help | git, mongo |
| —help | Output help | node, git |
| -v | Output version | node, ruby |
| —version | Output version | mongo, node, git |
| —dry-run | Detail’s action | npm |
| -v | Verbose Output | bash |
| —verbose | Verbose Output | bash |
Please comment below and I’ll add them to the list. Please provide two scripts that use this flag.
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