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1. softwareengineering.stackexchange.com › questionsWhy do Windows commands allow `-` and `/` switches?

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   Slashes are Windows's original option syntax and not all windows commands accept the dash-options. With Dir /? you the list of the options for dir. But with . Dir -? you get a file not found-message (tested with Windows XP) (Same with dir -w...).

2. www.gameslearningsociety.org › how-do-you-useHow do you use bedrock commands? - Games Learning Society

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   Sep 23, 2023 · How do you use bedrock commands in Minecraft? There are a few ways to use commands. The simplest and easiest is to type them into the chat window – open it up and type in the command. All commands written in the chat window should be preceded by a forward-slash (‘/’) character. Type your slash, and then the command that you want.

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   The command window is identical to the chat window and can be accessed by pressing T or starting directly by entering a slash. Commands being executed via the console are not preceded by a slash. Commands in command blocks can be preceded by a slash, but this is not required. Pressing Tab ↹ cycles through possible commands or arguments.

4. askubuntu.com › questions › 711702When are command options prefixed with two hyphens

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   Dec 21, 2015 · In general, the single dash - introduces single letter options, where the letter is a mnemonic for the name of the option. The double dash -- introduces long option names, where the name of the option is a whole word. AFAIK this convention was introduced in the 1980's by the FSF GNU utilities.

5. jasonroell.com › 2015/03/11 › how-to-once-and-forHow to, Once and for All, Remember when to use “\” or

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   Mar 11, 2015 · A typical Windows user sees a forward slash when they type a web address and a backslash when they type the location of a local folder, so this can be confusing. Websites follow the Unix convention, as do other protocols like FTP.

6. stackoverflow.com › questions › 15683347When implementing command line flags, should I prefix with a ...

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   Dec 21, 2015 · The tradition in DOS and Windows is to use a forward slash, as in /a or /extend. The tradition of using -a comes from Unix (and possibly elsewhere). There's a GNU standard in which a single dash is used for one-letter flags, like -e -d , and they can be merged into -ed (so -ed is equivalent to -e -d ).

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   Does PowerShell use a slash?

   • Since then, most newer tools from Microsoft, especially around PowerShell and .NET, use dashes for commands, since both PowerShell and .NET are cross-platform now. See also Command line options style - POSIX or what?. The tradition in DOS and Windows is to use a forward slash, as in /a or /extend.

   When implementing command line flags, should I prefix with a

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   What slash do you use for a flag?

   • The tradition in DOS and Windows is to use a forward slash, as in /a or /extend. The tradition of using -a comes from Unix (and possibly elsewhere). There's a GNU standard in which a single dash is used for one-letter flags, like -e -d, and they can be merged into -ed (so -ed is equivalent to -e -d ).

   When implementing command line flags, should I prefix with a

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   Why does Linux use forward slashes?

   • Even if you’re running a web server or FTP server on a Windows machine, they’ll use forward slashes because that’s what the protocol calls for. Other operating systems use forward slashes for the same reason — it’s the Unix convention. Linux is a Unix-like operating system, so it uses the same type of slash.

   How to, Once and for All, Remember when to use “\” or

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   Why do websites have a forward slash and a backslash?

   • A typical Windows user sees a forward slash when they type a web address and a backslash when they type the location of a local folder, so this can be confusing. Websites follow the Unix convention, as do other protocols like FTP.

   How to, Once and for All, Remember when to use “\” or

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   Does Windows CMD Exe slash / switch / dash - switches?

   • The windows cmd.exe command shutdown only documents forward slash / switches, but it accepts dash - switches as well. For instance, both work: When was this added and why? Slashes: Windows's original option syntax. Dashes: To make it more POSIX like And (MS|PC)-DOS, which preceded Windows.

   Why do Windows commands allow `-` and `/` switches?

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   Why are there two types of shorthand command combining?

   • 1 for mentioning shorthand command combining. that's the real reason why there's two styles. single dash is implemented by the getopt and is posix standard function, double dash in getopt_long and is a gnu standard. Traditionally, a single dash supplies a single character option like this:

   What's the difference between one-dash and two-dashes for command

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8. superuser.com › questions › 372203What's the difference between one-dash and two-dashes for ...

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   Short options (e.g. cut -d ' ') can have arguments , while long options (e.g. ls --all) don't necessarily have them. To set a particular behavior of a program, you sometimes need to use a short option, for others you need to use a long option, and for some you have a choice.