Support --option style for arguments

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

For compatibility with Bash, and Linux CLI commands I recommend supporting --option style for augments when the specified option exactly matches the parameter name. This should not conflict with the way powershell currently parses arguments.

For example, ls --directory currently fails with an error. This proposal is to allow this command since directory parameter exactly matches the parameter.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

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[MartinGC94]

This would actually be a breaking change. This syntax is currently treated like a positional parameter, so in your example it would be bound to Path and Get-ChildItem would look for an item called --directory in the current directory.

[vexx32]

There’s nothing stopping you from using --option style parameters when using command-line applications, if they support that style of option. In my opinion, it’s unlikely PowerShell is going to change its parameter styling to match, though.

If you’re running on Linux where there is an actual ls executable, that would work as expected afaik. On Windows that is an alias that maps to Get-ChildItem and as such is bound by PowerShell’s rules instead.