[TriLUG] Silly Survey about a dash or a minus in a command line option

[Chris Knowles]

When explaining a command it's always "dash" for me.  When asked which key
on the keyboard that is, I'll say "Hyphen, or minus"

CJK

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:42 PM, John Vaughters <jvaughters04 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hey all, I am in a training class and the instructer asked what is best
> way to describe the minus character in a command line option. I gave him my
> answer, but it made me think of all the conversations I have had and I am
> not sure which is used most, so I would like to ask this group.
>
> ls -la
>
> So is that a (dash)la?
> Or a (minus)la?
>
> A simple response with a dash or minus would be great.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help in resolving the critical technicality.
>
> My vote is dash
>
> John Vaughters
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