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Is this_option more common than thisOne?

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Given how short are most command names and directories, e.g. cat for concatenate or lib for libraries, I think that the answer to your question would be to :-) – Cristian Ciupitu Sep 15 '10 at 14:12
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Although it doesn't answer your question, you might find Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames to be an interesting read. – Dennis Williamson Sep 15 '10 at 14:48
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Traditional folders have names like bin, lib, and etc. Files have names like init, ls, and fstab. Probably because when unix was born, memory was so limited that saving 4 bytes was a good idea.

Capital letters were rare. Not sure why. The shift key had not been invented yet?

So, this_option would be the traditional choice.

In modern times, memory is not a problem.

The system does not require any particular convention. Any character is allowed except for the / and the NUL character.

I hate programs that do not work properly if I have a space in my file name. I should be allowed to use spaces if I want.

A dirty trick is to use a non-printable character in a file name. If you cannot easily type the file's name, it is difficult to do anything with it.

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"If you cannot easily type the file's name" - Say hello to ls -b – grawity Sep 17 '10 at 14:55
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The general convention would be thisoption.

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butisn'tthisreallyhardtounderstand? – David B Sep 15 '10 at 13:22
or if you really want to be perverse, youCouldDo_something_like-this – FrustratedWithFormsDesigner Sep 15 '10 at 13:30
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As a child of the Unix family, convention would give to or opt.

If your file has a GNU licence, you could name it gopt.

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