Yeah! I feel like long args very strongly fits with the overall idea of this blog post: when you are running a script you care about different things and want different behaviours than when you’re working interactively.

The short args are great for when you’re typing into a terminal. But when you’re writing and saving a script, be descriptive! One of the most irritating things about bash (and Linux, I guess?) is how magical all the -FEU -lh 3 -B 1 incantations are. They give off a vibe I call “nerd snobbish” where it’s a sort of “oh you don’t know what that all means? How fretful!”