Comment on GNU grep 2.12 changes behavior of recursion options, breaks existing scriptsparentComments−lubutu14yIn POSIX -R is the recursion flag for ls, cp, rm, etc. So if you want to recurse, -R is probably a safer bet than -r. (ls -r just lists in reverse.)−buster14yYeah, that may be it.. I'm wondering why they didn't just add a new option (aka --no-symlinks) or something−a3_nm14yAnnoying exception: scp only accepts -r as recursion flag, not -R.−wildmXranat14ySame here. I've been conditioned to use -R−mturmon14yGood point. Also, since you reminded me, chmod, chown, chgrp.−leif14ythat's probably it
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In POSIX -R is the recursion flag for ls, cp, rm, etc. So if you want to recurse, -R is probably a safer bet than -r. (ls -r just lists in reverse.)
Yeah, that may be it.. I'm wondering why they didn't just add a new option (aka --no-symlinks) or something
Annoying exception: scp only accepts -r as recursion flag, not -R.
Same here. I've been conditioned to use -R
Good point. Also, since you reminded me, chmod, chown, chgrp.
that's probably it