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bug#13737: Add -h option to 'users'


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#13737: Add -h option to 'users'
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:29:10 -0800
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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.





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