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diff --git a/doc/idutils.texi b/doc/idutils.texi index ab9040e..7421ac0 100644 --- a/doc/idutils.texi +++ b/doc/idutils.texi @@ -407,13 +407,21 @@ be specified on the command line for a single run. @cindex language-specific option Language-specific scanners also accept options. @var{Language} denotes -the desired scanner, and @var{option} are the command-line options that -should be passed through to it. For example, to pass the @var{-x +the desired scanner, and @var{option} is the command-line option that +should be passed through to it. For example, to pass the @var{-x foo --coke-bottle} options to the scanner for the language @var{swizzle}, -pass this: @var{-l swizzle:"-x --coke-bottle"}, or this: -@var{-lang-option=swizzle:"-x --coke-bottle"}, or this: @var{-l -swizzle-x -l swizzle:--coke-bottle}. Use the @samp{--help} option to -see the command-line option summary for +use one of the next two forms, or a mixture of both: + +@example +$ mkid -l swizzle:"-x foo" -l swizzle:--coke-bottle +$ mkid --lang-option=swizzle:"-x foo" --lang-option=swizzle:--coke-bottle +@end example + +Note the use of quotes when passing an option with arguments. Quoting is +optional for options without arguments. + +Use the @samp{--help} option to see the command-line option summary for each +language. @end table |