GNU bug report logs - #13737
Add -h option to 'users'

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: anatoly techtonik <techtonik <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:59:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #59 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 13737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13737: Add -h option to 'users'
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:37:28 -0600

close 13737
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 18/02/13 06:29 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 02/18/2013 01:44 PM, anatoly techtonik wrote:
>> "-h" is already a well matured practice to be
>> implemented
> 
> '-h' means something other than "help" for
> many common GNU commands: ls, touch, sort, bash, etc.
> If we got people into the habit
> of thinking '-h' means help, they'll get confused
> when "ls -h" doesn't do what they expect.  It may
> be better to leave sleeping dogs lie.

With no further comments in 5 years, I'm closing this request.

regards,
 - assaf
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 219 days ago.

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