HardwareDan Luuover 6 years ago
The growth of command line options, 1979-Present
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The number of command line options for Unix commands has dramatically increased since 1979. The ls command grew from 11 options in V7 Unix to 58 options in Ubuntu 2017. The tar command expanded from 12 options to 139 options over the same period.
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