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Remove `=` where ever it's possible

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#16,827 opened on Jun 11, 2025

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Description

As the style guide instructs, pages should prefer --option argument instead of --option=argument. https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/contributing-guides/style-guide.md#option-syntax

If you feel like helping out, you can run grep -r = | grep \` in a page folder and start testing which of the = characters can be replaced. Some options require =, so they need to be individually tested.

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Scan the directory using 'grep r = | grep \` ' to find occurrences of '=' in option syntax. For each candidate, test the actual command to see if the '=' is required (e.g., some options like ' format=json' require '=', while ' force' can be written as ' force' without '='). If not required, replace ' option=argument' with ' option argument' in the markdown file. Verify the change produces correct output by running the command.
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