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For example, single hyphens are stackable. For example, this: http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-z+-c+-f http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-z+-c+-f

For example, single hyphens are stackable. For example, this: http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-z+-c+-f http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-z+-c+-f Is the same as: http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-zcf http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-zcf But trying to stack double-dashed arguments would be stupid: http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+--helpversion http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+--helpversion

spb 12y ago
> For example, this: http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-z+-c+-f http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-z+-c+-f > Is the same as: http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-zcf http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-zcf Which is also the same as http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+zcf http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+zcf because of the unique way tar treats argv[1].