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Subject: man page synopsis syntax reference
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Hello,

Is there an authoritative reference of what manpage syntax should look like?

ie.

foo [optional arg] <required arg> <required multiple>...

I can't seem to find a reference that explains this syntax.

Thanks,
Mike
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