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Old 11-02-2007
chella chella is offline
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Originally Posted by aigles View Post
If the option is specified after a normal argument, it is considered also as an argument.

In your case, you haven't specified the inputfile, the string "-n" is immediately after the command name so it is taken as an option.

Jean-Pierre.
Thank You for the reply.

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Chella