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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo b/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo index 2d6767975..e0987a1bd 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo @@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ texinode(Invocation)(Files)(Introduction)(Top) chapter(Invocation) cindex(invocation) sect(Invocation Options) -cindex(flags, shell) +cindex(shell options) +cindex(options, shell) cindex(shell flags) +cindex(flags, shell) The following flags are interpreted by the shell when invoked to determine where the shell will read commands from: @@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ tt(-o) can be stacked up with preceding single-letter options, so for example `tt(-xo shwordsplit)' or `tt(-xoshwordsplit)' is equivalent to `tt(-x -o shwordsplit)'. +cindex(long option) Options may also be specified by name in GNU long option style, `tt(--)var(option-name)'. When this is done, `tt(-)' characters in the option name are permitted: they are translated into `tt(_)', and thus ignored. @@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ Unlike other option syntaxes, GNU-style long options cannot be stacked with any other options, so for example `tt(-x-shwordsplit)' is an error, rather than being treated like `tt(-x --shwordsplit)'. +cindex(--version) +cindex(--help) The special GNU-style option `tt(--version)' is handled; it sends to standard output the shell's version information, then exits successfully. `tt(--help)' is also handled; it sends to standard output a list of options |