how to chek for the number of options in an app

[Lorenzo Taylor]

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Ah!  I think I got it!  Try this:

lorenzo at taylor:~$ ls --help |grep [-][-] |wc -l
44
lorenzo at taylor:~$

Note, though, that this only seems to work on commands where every short option
(-o) has a corresponding long option (--option).  You will need to look at the -h
or --help option first to see how the options may be specified and then tailor
the grep expression to fit the specific command.

Lorenzo
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