query: What's the difference between - (one hyphen) and -- (two hyphens) in a command?
positive_passages.docid: 98459
positive_passages.text: What are the differences between "-" and "--" in commands?
negative_passages.docid: 54322
negative_passages.text: What is the difference between the "...", '...', $'...', and $"..." quotes in the shell?
negative_passages.docid: 49762
negative_passages.text: Which is more idiomatic in a bash script: `|| true` or `|| :`?
negative_passages.docid: 134951
negative_passages.text: What is the difference between > and >> (especially as it relates to use with the cat program)?
negative_passages.docid: 150251
negative_passages.text: Apostrophe difference (Ones' and Two's Complement)
negative_passages.docid: 121532
negative_passages.text: Is `-` used only with cd?
negative_passages.docid: 45490
negative_passages.text: meaning of -h in ls command
negative_passages.docid: 107982
negative_passages.text: Difference between -%> and %> in rails
negative_passages.docid: 120715
negative_passages.text: Semicolon or dash?
negative_passages.docid: 101523
negative_passages.text: Why is using `<<-` frowned upon and how can I avoid it?
negative_passages.docid: 120214
negative_passages.text: What's the difference between <<, <<< and < < in bash?
negative_passages.docid: 72725
negative_passages.text: What's the difference between \newcommand and \newcommand*?
negative_passages.docid: 74845
negative_passages.text: Difference between single and double quotes in Bash
negative_passages.docid: 101999
negative_passages.text: What's is the difference between ">" and ">>" in shell command?
negative_passages.docid: 132792
negative_passages.text: Can shell variable name include a hyphen or dash (-)?
negative_passages.docid: 12917
negative_passages.text: How do I delete a file whose name begins with "-" (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?
negative_passages.docid: 28077
negative_passages.text: Single dashes `-` for single-character options, but double dashes `--` for words?