All of what you said is true, but that doesn't negate the issue raised in the post to which I responded. Fixing filesystem naming constraints, isn't enough to

All of what you said is true, but that doesn't negate the issue raised in the post to which I responded. Fixing filesystem naming constraints, isn't enough to fix the command line problems you've identified. So if you're going to truly fix command line parsing, you're going to have to do it there. Perhaps offering a library that can eventually be used across the spectrum of utilities and commands.