diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cli/args.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cli/args.rb
index 20c7010d3f..2be2b3683b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cli/args.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cli/args.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ module Homebrew
         Context::ContextStruct.new(debug: debug?, quiet: quiet?, verbose: verbose?)
       end
 
+      def only_formula_or_cask
+        return :formula if formula? && !cask?
+        return :cask if cask? && !formula?
+      end
+
       private
 
       def option_to_name(option)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
index 7017fd23b7..1c90f6032f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cli/named_args.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ module Homebrew
         super(@args)
       end
 
+      attr_reader :parent
+
       def to_casks
         @to_casks ||= to_formulae_and_casks(only: :cask).freeze
       end
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ module Homebrew
         params(only: T.nilable(Symbol), ignore_unavailable: T.nilable(T::Boolean), method: T.nilable(Symbol))
           .returns(T::Array[T.any(Formula, Keg, Cask::Cask)])
       end
-      def to_formulae_and_casks(only: nil, ignore_unavailable: nil, method: nil)
+      def to_formulae_and_casks(only: parent&.only_formula_or_cask, ignore_unavailable: nil, method: nil)
         @to_formulae_and_casks ||= {}
         @to_formulae_and_casks[only] ||= downcased_unique_named.flat_map do |name|
           load_formula_or_cask(name, only: only, method: method)
@@ -53,14 +55,14 @@ module Homebrew
         end.uniq.freeze
       end
 
-      def to_formulae_to_casks(only: nil, method: nil)
+      def to_formulae_to_casks(only: parent&.only_formula_or_cask, method: nil)
         @to_formulae_to_casks ||= {}
         @to_formulae_to_casks[[method, only]] = to_formulae_and_casks(only: only, method: method)
                                                 .partition { |o| o.is_a?(Formula) }
                                                 .map(&:freeze).freeze
       end
 
-      def to_formulae_and_casks_and_unavailable(only: nil, method: nil)
+      def to_formulae_and_casks_and_unavailable(only: parent&.only_formula_or_cask, method: nil)
         @to_formulae_casks_unknowns ||= {}
         @to_formulae_casks_unknowns[method] = downcased_unique_named.map do |name|
           load_formula_or_cask(name, only: only, method: method)
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ module Homebrew
                                   .freeze
       end
 
-      def to_resolved_formulae_to_casks(only: nil)
+      def to_resolved_formulae_to_casks(only: parent&.only_formula_or_cask)
         to_formulae_to_casks(only: only, method: :resolve)
       end
 
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ module Homebrew
       # If a cask and formula with the same name exist, includes both their paths
       # unless `only` is specified.
       sig { params(only: T.nilable(Symbol), recurse_tap: T::Boolean).returns(T::Array[Pathname]) }
-      def to_paths(only: nil, recurse_tap: false)
+      def to_paths(only: parent&.only_formula_or_cask, recurse_tap: false)
         @to_paths ||= {}
         @to_paths[only] ||= downcased_unique_named.flat_map do |name|
           if File.exist?(name)
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ module Homebrew
         params(only: T.nilable(Symbol), ignore_unavailable: T.nilable(T::Boolean), all_kegs: T.nilable(T::Boolean))
           .returns([T::Array[Keg], T::Array[Cask::Cask]])
       end
-      def to_kegs_to_casks(only: nil, ignore_unavailable: nil, all_kegs: nil)
+      def to_kegs_to_casks(only: parent&.only_formula_or_cask, ignore_unavailable: nil, all_kegs: nil)
         method = all_kegs ? :kegs : :keg
         @to_kegs_to_casks ||= {}
         @to_kegs_to_casks[method] ||=
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
index 825bed6846..b8358cc2bc 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ module Homebrew
   def fetch
     args = fetch_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
     bucket = if args.deps?
       args.named.to_formulae_and_casks.flat_map do |formula_or_cask|
         case formula_or_cask
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ module Homebrew
         end
       end
     else
-      args.named.to_formulae_and_casks(only: only)
+      args.named.to_formulae_and_casks
     end.uniq
 
     puts "Fetching: #{bucket * ", "}" if bucket.size > 1
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/home.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/home.rb
index 6e5d75c6a4..89ca716e6b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/home.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/home.rb
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ module Homebrew
       return
     end
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-    homepages = args.named.to_formulae_and_casks(only: only).map do |formula_or_cask|
+    homepages = args.named.to_formulae_and_casks.map do |formula_or_cask|
       puts "Opening homepage for #{name_of(formula_or_cask)}"
       formula_or_cask.homepage
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
index edd3d6b489..00d8a5a1b9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/info.rb
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ module Homebrew
   def info
     args = info_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
     if args.analytics?
       if args.days.present? && VALID_DAYS.exclude?(args.days)
         raise UsageError, "--days must be one of #{VALID_DAYS.join(", ")}"
@@ -93,17 +90,17 @@ module Homebrew
         end
       end
 
-      print_analytics(args: args, only: only)
+      print_analytics(args: args)
     elsif args.json
-      print_json(args: args, only: only)
+      print_json(args: args)
     elsif args.github?
       raise FormulaOrCaskUnspecifiedError if args.no_named?
 
-      exec_browser(*args.named.to_formulae_and_casks(only: only).map { |f| github_info(f) })
+      exec_browser(*args.named.to_formulae_and_casks.map { |f| github_info(f) })
     elsif args.no_named?
       print_statistics
     else
-      print_info(args: args, only: only)
+      print_info(args: args)
     end
   end
 
@@ -115,14 +112,14 @@ module Homebrew
     puts "#{count} #{"keg".pluralize(count)}, #{HOMEBREW_CELLAR.dup.abv}"
   end
 
-  sig { params(args: CLI::Args, only: T.nilable(Symbol)).void }
-  def print_analytics(args:, only: nil)
+  sig { params(args: CLI::Args).void }
+  def print_analytics(args:)
     if args.no_named?
       Utils::Analytics.output(args: args)
       return
     end
 
-    args.named.to_formulae_and_casks_and_unavailable(only: only).each_with_index do |obj, i|
+    args.named.to_formulae_and_casks_and_unavailable.each_with_index do |obj, i|
       puts unless i.zero?
 
       case obj
@@ -138,9 +135,9 @@ module Homebrew
     end
   end
 
-  sig { params(args: CLI::Args, only: T.nilable(Symbol)).void }
-  def print_info(args:, only: nil)
-    args.named.to_formulae_and_casks_and_unavailable(only: only).each_with_index do |obj, i|
+  sig { params(args: CLI::Args).void }
+  def print_info(args:)
+    args.named.to_formulae_and_casks_and_unavailable.each_with_index do |obj, i|
       puts unless i.zero?
 
       case obj
@@ -172,8 +169,8 @@ module Homebrew
     version_hash[version]
   end
 
-  sig { params(args: CLI::Args, only: T.nilable(Symbol)).void }
-  def print_json(args:, only: nil)
+  sig { params(args: CLI::Args).void }
+  def print_json(args:)
     raise FormulaOrCaskUnspecifiedError if !(args.all? || args.installed?) && args.no_named?
 
     json = case json_version(args.json)
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ module Homebrew
       elsif args.installed?
         [Formula.installed.sort, Cask::Caskroom.casks.sort_by(&:full_name)]
       else
-        args.named.to_formulae_to_casks(only: only)
+        args.named.to_formulae_to_casks
       end
 
       {
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
index aa0bb63ac5..ea4b1cacdd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ module Homebrew
   def install
     args = install_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
     args.named.each do |name|
       next if File.exist?(name)
       next if name !~ HOMEBREW_TAP_FORMULA_REGEX && name !~ HOMEBREW_CASK_TAP_CASK_REGEX
@@ -151,7 +148,7 @@ module Homebrew
       EOS
     end
 
-    formulae, casks = args.named.to_formulae_and_casks(only: only)
+    formulae, casks = args.named.to_formulae_and_casks
                           .partition { |formula_or_cask| formula_or_cask.is_a?(Formula) }
 
     if casks.any?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/uninstall.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/uninstall.rb
index dac06da9ee..179fdc032c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/uninstall.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/uninstall.rb
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ module Homebrew
   def uninstall
     args = uninstall_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
+    all_kegs, casks = args.named.to_kegs_to_casks(
+      ignore_unavailable: args.force?,
+      all_kegs:           args.force?,
+    )
 
-    all_kegs, casks = args.named.to_kegs_to_casks(only: only, ignore_unavailable: args.force?, all_kegs: args.force?)
     kegs_by_rack = all_kegs.group_by(&:rack)
 
     Uninstall.uninstall_kegs(
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/upgrade.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/upgrade.rb
index b9cdeb33d4..bdc1e8e95d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/upgrade.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/upgrade.rb
@@ -95,10 +95,7 @@ module Homebrew
   def upgrade
     args = upgrade_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
-    formulae, casks = args.named.to_resolved_formulae_to_casks(only: only)
+    formulae, casks = args.named.to_resolved_formulae_to_casks
     # If one or more formulae are specified, but no casks were
     # specified, we want to make note of that so we don't
     # try to upgrade all outdated casks.
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index 8072739efe..47e0f2ba9a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ module Homebrew
     git = args.git?
     skip_style = args.skip_style? || args.no_named? || args.tap
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
     ENV.activate_extensions!
     ENV.setup_build_environment
 
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ module Homebrew
     elsif args.no_named?
       [Formula, Cask::Cask.to_a]
     else
-      args.named.to_formulae_and_casks(only: only)
+      args.named.to_formulae_and_casks
           .partition { |formula_or_cask| formula_or_cask.is_a?(Formula) }
     end
     style_files = args.named.to_paths unless skip_style
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb
index 3554694d60..3cdb7acb82 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/cat.rb
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ module Homebrew
   def cat
     args = cat_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
     cd HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY
     pager = if Homebrew::EnvConfig.bat?
       ENV["BAT_CONFIG_PATH"] = Homebrew::EnvConfig.bat_config_path
@@ -41,6 +38,6 @@ module Homebrew
       "cat"
     end
 
-    safe_system pager, args.named.to_paths(only: only).first
+    safe_system pager, args.named.to_paths.first
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/edit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/edit.rb
index 2553a75952..0894b3f00b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/edit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/edit.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ module Homebrew
   def edit
     args = edit_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
     unless (HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY/".git").directory?
       raise <<~EOS
         Changes will be lost!
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ module Homebrew
       EOS
     end
 
-    paths = args.named.to_paths(only: only).select do |path|
+    paths = args.named.to_paths.select do |path|
       next path if path.exist?
 
       raise UsageError, "#{path} doesn't exist on disk. " \
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/style.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/style.rb
index 8e860911d1..d43bd19f9a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/style.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/style.rb
@@ -48,13 +48,10 @@ module Homebrew
   def style
     args = style_args.parse
 
-    only = :formula if args.formula? && !args.cask?
-    only = :cask if args.cask? && !args.formula?
-
     target = if args.no_named?
       nil
     else
-      args.named.to_paths(only: only)
+      args.named.to_paths
     end
 
     only_cops = args.only_cops