Reading syntax statements

The reference documentation uses the following special characters to define syntax:

[ ]: Identifies optional options. Options not enclosed in brackets are required.
...: Indicates that you can specify multiple values for the previous option.
|: Indicates mutually exclusive information. You can use the option to the left of the separator or the option to the right of the separator. You cannot use both options in a single use of the command.
{ }: Delimits a set of mutually exclusive options when one of the options is required. If the options are optional, they are enclosed in brackets ([ ]).
\: Indicates that the command line wraps to the next line. It is a continuation character.

The options for each command are listed alphabetically in the Options section. When the order of the options must be used in a specific order, this order is shown in the syntax statement.