head & tail usage

[fnadeau]

While browsing the codebase and noticed that only head and tail use [FLAG] in their usage strings, whereas most other utilities use [OPTION] or [OPTIONS].

Is there a reason for this distinction? Is [FLAG] meant to convey something different semantically, or is this just a historical inconsistency?

Command used:
grep -r --include='en-US.ftl' '\-usage = ' | grep -oe '\[[A-Z]*\]' | sort | uniq -c

[blixygetir]

I think this is a minor inconsistency since the parameters are given as Usage: tail [FLAG]... [FILE]...

But later the term 'flags' has been replaced with 'options'

Options:
-c, --bytes Number of bytes to print
-f, --follow[=] Print the file as it grows [possible values: descriptor, name]

I hope this makes sense.

[fnadeau]

Would a PR addressing this inconsistency would be welcomed?

[blixygetir]

Considering it's a deviation from GNU, it should be.