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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla bash completion


From: Stephen J. Turnbull
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla bash completion
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:08:05 +0900
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:

    >> I agree; -v, -vv, etc might serve as alternatives.

    Tom> -vv would violate the conventions for option syntax.  --vv
    Tom> would be better, and --very-verbose would be better still.
    Tom> (If it's needed at all.)

Some programs give an argument to -v (actually, more typically to -d,
--debug-level).  Others count the number of -v's, increasing verbosity
with repetition.

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