3 Option lists are two-column lists of command-line options and descriptions, documenting a program's options. For example:
6 -b Output both (this description is
8 -c arg Output just arg.
9 --long Output all day long.
11 -p This option has two paragraphs in the description.
14 This is the second. Blank lines may be omitted between
15 options (as above) or left in (as here and below).
17 --very-long-option A VMS-style option. Note the adjustment for
18 the required two spaces.
20 --an-even-longer-option
21 The description can also start on the next line.
23 -2, --two This option has two variants.
25 -f FILE, --file=FILE These two options are synonyms; both have
28 /V A VMS/DOS-style option.
30 There are several types of options recognized by reStructuredText: