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bug#14617: od - Please add -h option
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#14617: od - Please add -h option |
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Date: |
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:48:06 +0100 |
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On 06/14/2013 09:02 AM, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 8.20-3
> Severity: wishlist
>
> An example:
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> $ od -h
> ... hangs
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> Please add options -h, --help like in other GNU tools to display brief
> synopsis and program description.
od accepts the undocumented/obsolescent -h option as an alias for -x
so as to be compatible with older/BSD scripts.
od accepts --help and --h like other coreutils to display help.
thanks,
Pádraig.