man/standard-options.xml

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   6   SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
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   8   Copyright © 2014 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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  10
  11 <variablelist>
  12   <varlistentry id='help'>
  13     <term><option>-h</option></term>
  14     <term><option>--help</option></term>
  15
  16     <listitem id='help-text'>
  17       <para>Print a short help text and exit.
  18     </para></listitem>
  19   </varlistentry>
  20
  21   <varlistentry id='version'>
  22     <term><option>--version</option></term>
  23
  24     <listitem id='version-text'>
  25       <para>Print a short version string and exit.</para>
  26     </listitem>
  27   </varlistentry>
  28
  29   <varlistentry id='no-pager'>
  30     <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
  31
  32     <listitem>
  33       <para>Do not pipe output into a pager.</para>
  34     </listitem>
  35   </varlistentry>
  36
  37   <varlistentry id='no-ask-password'>
  38     <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
  39
  40     <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for privileged operations.</para></listitem>
  41   </varlistentry>
  42
  43   <varlistentry id='no-legend'>
  44     <term><option>--no-legend</option></term>
  45
  46     <listitem>
  47       <para>Do not print the legend, i.e. column headers and the
  48       footer with hints.</para>
  49     </listitem>
  50   </varlistentry>
  51
  52   <varlistentry id='cat-config'>
  53     <term><option>--cat-config</option></term>
  54
  55     <listitem>
  56       <para>Copy the contents of config files to standard output.
  57       Before each file, the filename is printed as a comment.</para>
  58     </listitem>
  59   </varlistentry>
  60 </variablelist>