The growth of command line options, 1979-Present

by teddyhon 3/6/2026, 12:07 AMwith 1 comments

by pseudohadamardon 3/7/2026, 7:57 AM

Well for one thing, ls needs that many options in order for the joke "What is your name? / What is your mission? / What are three lowercase letters that are not valid options for the xyz version of ls?" to work.