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- On some systems it is also possible to equivalently use
- GNU-style long options in the form
- <literal>--name=value</literal>.
+ These options may also be specified using the GNU-style long option
+ format, <term>--<replaceable>name</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></term>.
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