On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 07:55:55PM +0700, Peter & Kelly Passchier wrote: > I was the one proposing combining the UNARY operators in a way like -fx, and > your -a example shows that there is a precedent. Unary and binary operators > are different, so there is no confusion for the parser or for the user.
No, trust me, there *IS* confusion for the users. Try hanging out in #bash for a while and you'll see (unless you gouge your eyes out first).