Stop! Whoever crosseth the bridge of Death, must answer first these questions three, ere the other side he see!
"What... is your name?"
"Sir Brian of Bell."
"What... is your quest?"
"I seek the Holy Grail."
"What... are four lowercase letters that are not legal flag arguments to the Berkeley UNIX version of `ls'?"
"I, er.... AIIIEEEEEE!"
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As telemachos says, that's the Unix philosophy. The GNU philosophy is to add options to programs until you run out of letters in the alphabet.
Stop! Whoever crosseth the bridge of Death, must answer first these questions three, ere the other side he see!
"What... is your name?" "Sir Brian of Bell." "What... is your quest?" "I seek the Holy Grail." "What... are four lowercase letters that are not legal flag arguments to the Berkeley UNIX version of `ls'?" "I, er.... AIIIEEEEEE!"