Question

Options are also arguments but begin with a -.

(a) True

(b) False

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My query is from Commands in division The Unix Architecture & General Purpose Utilities of Unix

Answer 1

Right option is (a) True

The best explanation: Arguments are parameters which are specified along with commands so that the command can perform an operation or take input from that parameter while options are also arguments but they are predetermined i.e. they perform a particular task. For example, echo hello. In this command hello is an argument while in ls  – l, -l is an option.