13 Dec
2022
13 Dec
'22
7:52 p.m.
On 2022-12-13 at 17:56:45 +0000, Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
well, maybe.
My point was to show it's subjective.
Fair enough. On that we agree.
Now who told tar and ps that they don't need the dash? ;-)
Someone who created the dash to show the argument contained optional options rather than a filename. If they're not optional then the dash isn't required. :-)
I'll give that to you for tar, but the options are ps are, in fact, optional.