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not fputs/puts/putchar/whatever; it's faster and usually cleaner, not
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not fputs/puts/putchar/whatever; it's faster and usually cleaner, not
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to mention avoiding stupid bugs.
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to mention avoiding stupid bugs.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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Usage statements should look like the manual pages synopsis.  Options w/o
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Usage statements should look like the manual pages synopsis.  Options
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operands come first, in alphabetical order inside a single set of
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without operands come first, in alphabetical order inside a single set of
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braces, followed by options with operands, in alphabetical order,
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square brackets, followed by options with operands, in alphabetical
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each in braces, followed by required arguments in the order they
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order, each in square brackets, followed by required arguments in the
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are specified, followed by optional arguments in the order they
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order they are specified, not in brackets, followed by optional
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are specified.  A bar
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arguments in the order they are specified, in square brackets.  A bar
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.Pq Sq \&|
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.Pq Sq \&|
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separates either-or options/arguments,
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separates either-or options/arguments,
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and multiple options/arguments which are specified together are
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and multiple options/arguments which are specified together are
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placed in a single set of braces.
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placed in a single set of square brackets.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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.Bd -ragged -offset 0.3i
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.Bd -ragged -offset 0.3i
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"usage: f [-aDde] [-b b_arg] [-m m_arg] req1 req2 [opt1 [opt2]]\en"
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"usage: f [-aDde] [-b b_arg] [-m m_arg] req1 req2 [opt1 [opt2]]\en"

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