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Parse Single dash option as dashdash option

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Description

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to parse a command line (imposed, no way to change it) which are like
```
myexe.exe -Url=https://blabla.com/ --AppName=val1 -e testCase -monoapp Open -Ctx "default ctx"
```

As you can see, there is a lot of different case:

* Some single dash option with a long name with space as separator
* Some single dash option with a long name with equals as separator
* Single dash option with short name with space as separator
* .....

And I wasn't able to parse it because it seems that when there is just a dash option, it mustn't be a long name. ( I have a lot of `UnknownOptionError` which seem to come from that)

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1184332/90609441-50b4e380-e204-11ea-9d14-e7b7de205cd3.png)

So I have a very simple code to test

```C#
[Verb("Open")]
public class CommandLineOptions
{
[Option("Url", Separator = '=')]
public string Url { get; set; }
[Option("AppName", Separator = '=')]
public string AppName { get; set; }
[Option('e',"env", Separator = ' ')]
public string Env { get; set; }
[Option("monoapp")]
public bool Monoapp { get; set; }
[Option("Ctx", Separator = ' ')]
public string Ctx { get; set; }
}

....... In another file but in the same assembly

static void Main(string[] args)
{
var commandLineOptions = new CommandLineOptionsOpen();
var parser = new Parser(with =>
{
with.EnableDashDash = false; // tested as true, same result
with.IgnoreUnknownArguments = false;
});
var parseResult = parser.ParseArguments(args).WithParsed(result => commandLineOptions = result);

System.Console.WriteLine(parseResult.Tag); // NotParsed
System.Console.WriteLine(commandLineOptions.Url); // Null like all others values

}

```

So I did something wrong ? There is a way to parse this command line ?

Thanks in advance for your help

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Research direction

Start at the Main method and Parser configuration shown in the issue, then reproduce the supplied command line with the example option declarations. Compare how single-dash long options and separators are parsed, including the resulting UnknownOptionError values. Done means the sample command line parses successfully and populates Url, AppName, Env, Monoapp, and Ctx.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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