How do I use switches or pass arguments to commands from the command line prompt?

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The man pages are your primary reference. They give a general description of the commad, its use, and the appropriate syntax. An imporant thing to remember is that the syntactical format of one command does not mean it will be accepted by another. To illustrate this point, here are excerpts from the man pages for the kill command. Type man kill at the prompt and you will see somet...

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