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- Long Option Name Short Equivalent Programs that use it so far
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- after-date N tar
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- all a du
- unexpand
- ls
- nm
- uname
- stty
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- all-text a diff
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- almost-all A ls
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- append r tar
- a tee
- time
- a etags
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- archive a cp
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- ascii a diff
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- assume-old o make
- assume-new W make
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- backward-search B etags
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- batch none gdb
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- before b tac
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- binary q diff
- b cpio
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- block-size b tar
- none cpio
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- blocks b head
- tail
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- brief b gprof
- q diff
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- bytes c head
- tail
- split
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- c++ C etags
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- catenate A tar
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- cd none gdb (see also directory)
- C make
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- changes c chown
- chgrp
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- classify F ls
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- command x gdb
- c su
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- compare d tar
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- compress z tar
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- concatenate A tar
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- confirmation w tar
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- context none diff
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- count q who
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- count-links l du
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- core none gdb
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- create c tar
- o cpio
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- cxref x etags
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- date d touch
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- debug t bison
- d make
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- defines d bison
- etags (different meaning than
- in bison)
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- delete D tar
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- dereference h tar
- L ls
- cpio
- chown
- chgrp
- du
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- dereference-args D du
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- dictionary-order d look
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- diff d tar
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- directory d install
- info
- ln
- rm
- ls
- C tar
- make
- none gdb (however meaning is
- different than in tar)
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- discard-all x strip
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- discard-locals X strip
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- dry-run n make
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- ed e diff
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- entire-new-file N diff
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- environment-overrides e make
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- eof e xargs
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- error-limit none makeinfo
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- escape b ls
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- exclude-from X tar
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- exec none gdb
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- expand-tabs t diff
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- extern-only g nm
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- exit x xargs
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- extract x tar
- i cpio
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- fast f su
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- file-prefix b bison
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- file-type F ls
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- file f tar
- info
- mt
- make
- r touch
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- files-from T tar
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- fill-column none makeinfo
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- fixed-output-files y bison
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- follow f tail
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- footnote-style none makeinfo
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- force f rm
- mv
- cp
- ln
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- format none ls
- f time
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- forward-search F etags
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- fullname none gdb
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- get x tar
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- graphic i ul
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- group g install
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- header h objdump
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- heading H who
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- help none tar
- gdb
- H etags
- h make
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- hide-control-chars q ls
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- idle u who
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- ifdef D diff
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- ignore I ls
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- ignore-all-space w diff
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- ignore-backups B ls
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- ignore-blank-lines B diff
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- ignore-case f look
- i diff
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- ignore-errors i make
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- ignore-interrupts i tee
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- ignore-indentation S etags
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- ignore-matching-lines I diff
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- ignore-space-change b diff
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- ignore-zeros i tar
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- initial i expand
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- initial-tab T diff
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- inode i ls
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- incremental G tar
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- include i etags
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- include-dir I make
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- interactive i rm
- mv
- cp
- ln
- p xargs
- w tar
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- jobs j make
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- just-print n make
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- keep-going k make
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- kilobytes k ls
- du
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- line-bytes C split
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- lines n head
- tail
- l split
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- link l cpio
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- list t tar
- cpio
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- literal N ls
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- load-average l make
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- login none su
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- machine m uname
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- make-directories d cpio
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- makefile f make
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- max-args n xargs
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- max-chars n xargs
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- max-lines l xargs
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- max-load l make
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- max-procs P xargs
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- mesg T who
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- message T who
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- minimal d diff
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- mode m install
- mkdir
- mkfifo
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- modification-time m tar
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- multi-volume M tar
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- name-prefix a bison
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- new-file W make
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- no-builtin-rules r make
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- no-create c touch
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- no-dereference d cp
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- no-defines D etags
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- no-keep-going S make
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- no-lines l bison
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- no-prof e gprof
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- no-sort p nm
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- no-split none makeinfo
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- no-static a gprof
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- no-time E gprof
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- no-validate none makeinfo
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- no-warn none makeinfo
- w etags
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- node n info
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- nodename n uname
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- nonmatching f cpio
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- nstuff n objdump
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- null 0 xargs
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- number n cat
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- number-nonblank b cat
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- numeric-sort n nm
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- numeric-uid-gid n ls
- cpio
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- nx (ugh!) none gdb
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- old-archive o tar
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- old-file o make
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- one-file-system x du
- cp
- l tar
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- owner o install
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- old-file o make
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- only-prof f gprof
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- only-time F gprof
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- output o info
- etags
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- output-file o time
- bison
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- override o rm
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- paginate l diff
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- paragraph-indent none makeinfo
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- pass-all p ul
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- pass-through p cpio
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- path p mkdir
- rmdir
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- portability c cpio
- o tar
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- preserve p cp
- none tar
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- preserve-environment p su
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- preserve-modification-time m cpio
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- preserve-order s tar
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- preserve-permissions p tar
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- print l diff
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- print-chars L cmp
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- print-data-base p make
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- print-directory w make
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- print-file-name o nm
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- print-symdefs s nm
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- question q make
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- quiet q head
- tail
- s cmp
- tty
- make
- f chgrp
- chown
- none gdb
- Note that every program accepting quiet should accept silent as well.
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- quote-name Q ls
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- rcs n diff
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- read-full-blocks B tar
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- recon n make
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- record-number R tar
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- recursive r rm
- diff
- R chgrp
- chown
- ls
- cp
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- reference-limit none makeinfo
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- regex r tac
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- release r uname
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- relocation r objdump
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- rename r cpio
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- replace i xargs
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- report-identical-files s diff
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- reset-access-time a cpio
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- reverse r ls
- nm
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- reversed-ed f diff
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- same-order s tar
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- same-permissions p tar
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- save g stty
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- se none gdb
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- separate-dirs S du
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- separator s tac
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- shell s su
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- show-all A cat
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- show-c-function p diff
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- show-ends E cat
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- show-function-line F diff
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- show-tabs T cat
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- silent q head
- tail
- s cmp
- tty
- make
- f chgrp
- chown
- Note that every program accepting silent should accept quiet as well.
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- size s ls
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- sort none ls
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- sparse S tar
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- speed-large-files H diff
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- squeeze-blank s cat
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- starting-file K tar
- S diff
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- stop S make
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- strip s install
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- strip-all s strip
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- strip-debug S strip
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- suffix S mv
- ln
- cp
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- sum s gprof
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- summarize s du
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- symbolic s ln
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- symbols t objdump
- none gdb
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- sysname s uname
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- tabs t expand
- unexpand
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- tabsize T ls
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- terminal T ul
- tput
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- text a diff
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- time none ls
- touch
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- to-stdout O tar
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- total c du
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- touch t ranlib
- make
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- tty none gdb
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- typedefs t etags
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- typedefs-and-c++ T etags
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- uncompress z tar
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- unconditional u cpio
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- undefined-only u nm
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- update u tar
- cp
- mv
- etags
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- verbose l cmp
- t xargs
- v tar
- ranlib
- cpio
- head
- tail
- mv
- cp
- ln
- rm
- time
- bison
- chown
- chgrp
- none makeinfo
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- verify W tar
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- version V bison
- cpio
- etags
- v uname
- make
- none tar
- makeinfo
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- version-control V mv
- cp
- ln
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- vgrind v etags
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- volume V tar
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- what-if W make
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- width w ls
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- writable T who
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- zeros z gprof
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