GNU bug report logs - #17185
diff --help doesn't mention short forms of some options

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Jay Foad <jay.foad <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 15:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jay Foad <jay.foad <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: diff --help doesn't mention short forms of some options
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:05:21 +0100

$ diff --help | egrep "label|unidirectional|speed"
      --label LABEL             use LABEL instead of file name
      --unidirectional-new-file   treat absent first files as empty
      --speed-large-files  assume large files and many scattered small changes

It would be nice if the help text told me that these options have
short forms -L, -P and -H respectively.

Thanks,
Jay.
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