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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-14 19:33:32 +0000
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+== WARNING
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+Use of *setterm* in combination with stdout redirection can have unexpected results, as some options operate on stdin. To prevent problems, always redirect both stdin and stdout to the same device.
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== COMPATIBILITY
Since version 2.25 *setterm* has support for long options with two hyphens, for example *--help*, beside the historical long options with a single hyphen, for example *-help*. In scripts it is better to use the backward-compatible single hyphen rather than the double hyphen. Currently there are no plans nor good reasons to discontinue single-hyphen compatibility.