http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=FlagsFlags - Revision history2026-04-08T08:32:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.18.0http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Flags&diff=4907&oldid=prevDave at 01:17, 24 March 20052005-03-24T01:17:19Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Flags, also called switches or options, are things that you append to a command to alter it's behavior. For example,<br />
# ls<br />
will just list the files in whatever current directory you're in, but<br />
# ls -l<br />
will give you the same listing in long format. See [[ls]] for more info on that particular flag.<br />
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Note that in FreeBSD, flags are prefixed with "-" or "--" as opposed to Microsoft Windows' "/". Often a flag can be given as "--the-long-name-of-the-flag" or the much shorter and less carpal-tunnel-inducing format of just the first letter, "-t".<br />
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[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]</div>Dave