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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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<!--
  SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
-->

<variablelist>
  <varlistentry id='help'>
    <term><option>-h</option></term>
    <term><option>--help</option></term>

    <listitem id='help-text'>
      <para>Print a short help text and exit.
    </para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry id='version'>
    <term><option>--version</option></term>

    <listitem id='version-text'>
      <para>Print a short version string and exit.</para>
    </listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry id='no-pager'>
    <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>

    <listitem>
      <para>Do not pipe output into a pager.</para>
    </listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry id='no-ask-password'>
    <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>

    <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for privileged operations.</para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry id='no-legend'>
    <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>

    <listitem>
      <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. column headers and the
      footer with hints.</para>
    </listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry id='cat-config'>
    <term><option>--cat-config</option></term>

    <listitem>
      <para>Copy the contents of config files to standard output.
      Before each file, the filename is printed as a comment.</para>
    </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
</variablelist>