I once saw humans making filenames like --splitwork --verbose -tdxh input.txt And by "once", I mean "yesterday". Now, is it reasonable to design a system that

I once saw humans making filenames like --splitwork --verbose -tdxh input.txt And by "once", I mean "yesterday". Now, is it reasonable to design a system that takes input flags through the names of input files? No. It is clever, yes, but it's not reasonable. The fact of the matter is however that these usecases, for better or worse, do exist. We should not change filesystems to break these systems (broken as they are already) just because bourne-related shells aren't fond of them.