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Never heard that one before. "dash" or "minus" is all I've ever come across.
by michaelcampbell 16y ago
Never heard that one before. "dash" or "minus" is all I've ever come across.
- nailer 16y agoMinus always annoys me, because it's long and most times (e.g., chmod <dash>R )you're never actually minusing anything. * * Some Solaris commands use plus and minus to add and subtract things, but a) everyone hates Solaris commands b) this breaks with convention, hence a).
- michaelcampbell 16y agoYes, I agree. Most "minus" people from my experience have been non-programmers, or at least non-everyday-unix-users that I've either had to train or walk through procedures, etc. And almost universally young.
- StuffMaster 16y agoYeah, "minus" is math and sounds wrong on the command line.
- Dylan16807 16y agoI suppose 'minus' makes things slightly longer, but is there a way to distinguish between R and r without three extra syllables? Both are likely to come up when chmodding.
- nolanw 16y ago"Big 'r'" and "small 'r'"?
- meric 16y agoWhat about 'hyphen'? I use 'minus' / 'hyphen' depending on context.
- mtogo 16y agoI use "dash" too, but the "-" character is technically a hyphen. Two hyphens ("--") make a dash.