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Options modify the way that a command works. They usually consist of a hyphen followed by a single letter.
For example the wc command counts the number of words, characters and lines in a file. By using a different option you can choose what is counted.
wc -w file1 counts the words wc -c file1 counts the characters wc -l file1 counts the lines
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