Long Option Name Short Equivalent Programs that use it so far ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- after-date N tar all a du unexpand ls nm uname stty all-text a diff almost-all A ls append r tar a tee time a etags archive a cp ascii a diff assume-old o make assume-new W make backward-search B etags batch none gdb before b tac binary q diff b cpio block-size b tar none cpio blocks b head tail brief b gprof q diff bytes c head tail split c++ C etags catenate A tar cd none gdb (see also directory) C make changes c chown chgrp classify F ls command x gdb c su compare d tar compress z tar concatenate A tar confirmation w tar context none diff count q who count-links l du core none gdb create c tar o cpio cxref x etags date d touch debug t bison d make defines d bison etags (different meaning than in bison) delete D tar dereference h tar L ls cpio chown chgrp du dereference-args D du dictionary-order d look diff d tar directory d install info ln rm ls C tar make none gdb (however meaning is different than in tar) discard-all x strip discard-locals X strip dry-run n make ed e diff entire-new-file N diff environment-overrides e make eof e xargs error-limit none makeinfo escape b ls exclude-from X tar exec none gdb expand-tabs t diff extern-only g nm exit x xargs extract x tar i cpio fast f su file-prefix b bison file-type F ls file f tar info mt make r touch files-from T tar fill-column none makeinfo fixed-output-files y bison follow f tail footnote-style none makeinfo force f rm mv cp ln format none ls f time forward-search F etags fullname none gdb get x tar graphic i ul group g install header h objdump heading H who help none tar gdb H etags h make hide-control-chars q ls idle u who ifdef D diff ignore I ls ignore-all-space w diff ignore-backups B ls ignore-blank-lines B diff ignore-case f look i diff ignore-errors i make ignore-interrupts i tee ignore-indentation S etags ignore-matching-lines I diff ignore-space-change b diff ignore-zeros i tar initial i expand initial-tab T diff inode i ls incremental G tar include i etags include-dir I make interactive i rm mv cp ln p xargs w tar jobs j make just-print n make keep-going k make kilobytes k ls du line-bytes C split lines n head tail l split link l cpio list t tar cpio literal N ls load-average l make login none su machine m uname make-directories d cpio makefile f make max-args n xargs max-chars n xargs max-lines l xargs max-load l make max-procs P xargs mesg T who message T who minimal d diff mode m install mkdir mkfifo modification-time m tar multi-volume M tar name-prefix a bison new-file W make no-builtin-rules r make no-create c touch no-dereference d cp no-defines D etags no-keep-going S make no-lines l bison no-prof e gprof no-sort p nm no-split none makeinfo no-static a gprof no-time E gprof no-validate none makeinfo no-warn none makeinfo w etags node n info nodename n uname nonmatching f cpio nstuff n objdump null 0 xargs number n cat number-nonblank b cat numeric-sort n nm numeric-uid-gid n ls cpio nx (ugh!) none gdb old-archive o tar old-file o make one-file-system x du cp l tar owner o install old-file o make only-prof f gprof only-time F gprof output o info etags output-file o time bison override o rm paginate l diff paragraph-indent none makeinfo pass-all p ul pass-through p cpio path p mkdir rmdir portability c cpio o tar preserve p cp none tar preserve-environment p su preserve-modification-time m cpio preserve-order s tar preserve-permissions p tar print l diff print-chars L cmp print-data-base p make print-directory w make print-file-name o nm print-symdefs s nm question q make quiet q head tail s cmp tty make f chgrp chown none gdb Note that every program accepting quiet should accept silent as well. quote-name Q ls rcs n diff read-full-blocks B tar recon n make record-number R tar recursive r rm diff R chgrp chown ls cp reference-limit none makeinfo regex r tac release r uname relocation r objdump rename r cpio replace i xargs report-identical-files s diff reset-access-time a cpio reverse r ls nm reversed-ed f diff same-order s tar same-permissions p tar save g stty se none gdb separate-dirs S du separator s tac shell s su show-all A cat show-c-function p diff show-ends E cat show-function-line F diff show-tabs T cat silent q head tail s cmp tty make f chgrp chown Note that every program accepting silent should accept quiet as well. size s ls sort none ls sparse S tar speed-large-files H diff squeeze-blank s cat starting-file K tar S diff stop S make strip s install strip-all s strip strip-debug S strip suffix S mv ln cp sum s gprof summarize s du symbolic s ln symbols t objdump none gdb sysname s uname tabs t expand unexpand tabsize T ls terminal T ul tput text a diff time none ls touch to-stdout O tar total c du touch t ranlib make tty none gdb typedefs t etags typedefs-and-c++ T etags uncompress z tar unconditional u cpio undefined-only u nm update u tar cp mv etags verbose l cmp t xargs v tar ranlib cpio head tail mv cp ln rm time bison chown chgrp none makeinfo verify W tar version V bison cpio etags v uname make none tar makeinfo version-control V mv cp ln vgrind v etags volume V tar what-if W make width w ls writable T who zeros z gprof