On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:58:42AM +0200, Ulf H{rnhammar wrote:
> -v is a common option for showing the version.
Not really. If anything I'd say it more commonly means "verbose".
[After I wrote that, I decided to try some random commands, as follows.]
awk -v awk: option requires an argument -- v
bunzip2 -v bunzip2: I won't read compressed data from a terminal.
cvs -v (displays version)
diff -v (displays version)
emacs -v Unknown option `-v'
ftp -v (starts ftp in verbose mode)
gs -v (displays version)
host -v (displays usage, same as if no arguments)
info -v info: invalid option -- v
jpegtopnm -v (starts jpegtopnm in verbose mode)
kmail -v (displays version)
ls -v (lists files)
make -v (displays version)
nmap -v (starts nmap in verbose mode)
od -v (starts od (does not suppress duplicates))
python -v (starts python in verbose mode)
quota -v (displays quota in verbose mode)
rpm -v Usage: rpm {--help} \n rpm {--version}
ssh -v (displays usage, same as if no arguments)
test -v (returns true)
unzip -v (displays version)
vi -v (starts vi)
wget -v wget: missing URL
xv -v (displays usage, same as with any other unrecognised flag)
yacc -v (displays usage, same as if no arguments)
zcat -v zcat: compressed data not read from a terminal.
imc
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