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All configuration settings from the previous section can also be passed on the command line, and
will override the configuration file. In addition, the following options make sense on the command line:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">--config</span></dt><dd><p>
Emit a default configuration file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">--help</span></dt><dd><p>
Output all configuration settings and command line flags.
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