Format

Meaning

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Parameters that the user must type exactly as shown.

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Parameter values that the user must supply.

Between square brackets.

Example: [ --name name ]

Optional parameters.

Between curly brackets and/or separated by pipe (|).

Examples:

ID | name

{ -o name | -d name }

Set of choices from which the user must choose only one.

Parameter followed by the same parameter in brackets with ellipses.

Example: name [, name ...]

Parameters that can be repeated more than once in the same command line.