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curl.1: detail how short/long options work

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URL: http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=1279
Suggested-by: Jerry Krinock
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Daniel Stenberg 2013-09-13 23:13:58 +02:00
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@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ any response data to the terminal.
If you prefer a progress "bar" instead of the regular meter, \fI-#\fP is your
friend.
.SH OPTIONS
Options start with one or two dashes. Many of the options require an addition
value next to it.
The short "single-dash" form of the options, -d for example, may be used with
or without a space between it and its value, although a space is a recommended
separator. The long "double-dash" form, --data for example, requires a space
between it and its value.
Short version options that don't need any additional values can be used
immediately next to each other, like for example you can specify all the
options -O, -L and -v at once as -OLv.
In general, all boolean options are enabled with --\fBoption\fP and yet again
disabled with --\fBno-\fPoption. That is, you use the exact same option name
but prefix it with "no-". However, in this list we mostly only list and show