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 * [[bash/invocation/option|Invocation Options]]
 * [[bash/builtin/set|Set Options]]
 * [[bash/builtin/shopt|Shopt Options]]
 
==== Invocation Option --help-strings ====
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[[bash/invocation/option/help|--help]] 
 * Display a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
 * These options must appear on the command line before the single-character options to be recognized.