http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/archive/doc/unix/unixhelp/Unixhelp/commanz_cmd1.2.1.html (Einblicke ins Internet, ~06/1995)Some commands accept multiple options. These can be grouped together after a single hyphen:
command -abc argument
A small number of commands require each option to be given separately. Check the command synopsis for a command to see how a command requires its options to be given.
An option that takes an argument, such as the name of a printer or a filename is given separately.