8.1 Command description format

The following shows the command description format for shell operation commands and UNIX-compatible commands:

0command-name[1option]... [1option][1operand]

Following the command name, you specify options and then operands. Operands includes option names, option values, and other arguments that can be specified in commands. If an operand is specified before an option, all specified items are treated as operands.

• When there is more than one option, they can be specified in any order.

• An error results if you specify an invalid option or an option's value is outside the permissible range of values.

• Multibyte characters are not permitted in option-name.

For details about the specification of file path names in commands, see 8.1.3 File path names.

The following explains how to execute a command that you enter to the standard input from the terminal keyboard.

For input terminated by an EOF

• In Windows, press Enter followed by Ctrl+Z, and then press Enter again.

• In UNIX, press Ctrl+D.

For a single line of input

• Press Enter.

Organization of this section

• 8.1.1 Command description format for shell operation commands and UNIX-compatible command (script format) (Windows only)

• 8.1.2 Command description format for UNIX-compatible commands

• 8.1.3 File path names

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