16 Common Options

The following command-line options are supported by all of theprograms described in this manual.

@ file

Read command-line options from file. The options read areinserted in place of the original @file option. If filedoes not exist, or cannot be read, then the option will be treatedliterally, and not removed.

Options in file are separated by whitespace. A whitespacecharacter may be included in an option by surrounding the entireoption in either single or double quotes. Any character (including abackslash) may be included by prefixing the character to be includedwith a backslash. The file may itself contain additional@file options; any such options will be processed recursively.

--help

Display the command-line options supported by the program.

--version

Display the version number of the program.

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