[CLUE-Tech] Command line order

[Jeffery C. Cann]

On Tuesday 05 December 2000 10:08, Kevin Cullis wrote:
> Did anyone know that the order in which you place the options of a
> command makes a difference?  For giggles, I tried it and found some
> interesting stuff.
>
> I did the ls -fl AND an ls -lf and got two different displays.

In general, the order does not matter.  I tried cat -vet file and cat -tev 
file and observed the same results.

Jeff