Options are formatted as follows:
- For most options, the option and the parameters are separated by a space as in " -xxx param".
When the option's name is "
-xxx+", however, the parameter must directly follow the option, without the "
+" character (as in "
-xxx45") and with no space separator.
- An option given as " -[no]xxx" may be issued as " -xxx" or " -noxxx".
The use of "
-noxxx" reverses the meaning of the option.
- When an option is specified as " -xxx | yy[y] | zzz", then either " -xxx", " -yy", " -yyy", or " -zzz" matches the option.
- The symbols " ," and " =" separate options and parameters unconditionally; to include one of these symbols in a parameter or filename, escape it (e.g., as " \," in mwcc file.c\,v).