Command input format

The input format of the commands is as follows:

Command-name [option ...]

The following is a description of each of these items. Note that $ indicates a command prompt and cmd indicates a command name.

Command-name

Specifies the file name of the command to be executed.

To execute a command by specifying a path containing spaces, the entire path must be enclosed within double quotation marks (" ").

Arguments

An argument also includes options. The input format and the rules for specifying the options are as follows:

Input format for options

An option is a string beginning with a hyphen (-). The option input formats include a format where no option argument is specified and a format where one option argument is specified.

Format without an option argument
$ cmd - option-flag
Format with one option argument
$ cmd - option-flag option-argument
Legend:
  • option-flag
    This represents a case-sensitive, single-byte alphanumeric character.
  • option-argument
    This represents an argument corresponding to the option flag.

Rules for specifying options

Priority of options