The Unix/Linux command line is unfortunate like this; the cp/mv/ln commands would be better off with the destination specified specially. For instance gnu cp a

The Unix/Linux command line is unfortunate like this; the cp/mv/ln commands would be better off with the destination specified specially. For instance gnu cp allows the syntax cp -t <dir> <source...> Which is good because it makes it similar to most other commands. It would be unfortunate to mandate it though; it would be unfortunate for an `option` to be mandatory.