据我所知，使用--的结束选项-标记开头sh，并getopt在系统III UNIX(1980)。

根据Bourne Shell家族的历史，Bourne Shell 首次出现在Unix 7版(1979年)中。但它没有一种方式set，以从分隔参数选项。因此原始的Bourne外壳可以做到：

set -e -打开错误退出模式

set arg1 arg2 ...-设置位置参数$1=arg1，$2=arg2等等。

但是：set arg1 -e arg2会给您$1=arg1，$2=arg2然后打开错误退出。哎呀

System III Unix(1980)修复了该错误，并进行了介绍getopt。根据getopt的手册页：

NAME

getopt - parse command options

SYNOPSIS

set -- `getopt optstring $∗`

DESCRIPTION

Getopt is used to break up options in command lines for easy parsing by

shell procedures, and to check for legal options. Optstring is a

string of recognized option letters (see getopt(3C)); if a letter is

followed by a colon, the option is expected to have an argument which

may or may not be separated from it by white space. The special option

-- is used to delimit the end of the options. Getopt will place -- in

the arguments at the end of the options, or recognize it if used

explicitly. The shell arguments ($1 $2 . . .) are reset so that each

option is preceded by a - and in its own shell argument; each option

argument is also in its own shell argument.

据我所知，这是它出现的第一位。

从那里开始，似乎其他命令都采用了--约定来解决参数解析歧义的问题(例如上面touch和rm您在上面引用的示例)在整个1980年代疯狂，无标准的日子。

其中一些零星采用的方法已在POSIX.1(1988)中进行了编纂，这是关于“ POSIX必需的合并”的变更日志注释的来源。

但是直到POSIX.2(1992)才采用实用程序语法准则，其中包含著名的准则10：

Guideline 10: The argument "--" should be accepted as a delimiter

indicating the end of options. Any following

arguments should be treated as operands, even if they

begin with the '-' character. The "--" argument

should not be used as an option or as an operand.

这就是从“ being脚”到普遍推荐的地步。