Suggestions for implementation of a command line interface

Question

I am redesigning a command line application and am looking for a way to make its use more intuitive. Are there any conventions for the format of parameters passed into a co

Answer 1

One thing I like about certain CLI is the usage of shortcuts.
I.e, all the following lines are doing the same thing

myCli.exe describe someThing
myCli.exe descr someThing
myCli.exe desc someThing

That way, the user may not have to type the all command every time.