What is the difference between an argument and an
option/switch?

Answer Posted / brijmohan

Whenever we try to excute something in linux and we are
using shell(terminal). there are three fields in that.

command option Argument

Command: it specify what you want to do. It is mendatory
filed.
Option: It is used to change the behaviour of command.
Argument: It may be file name or path.

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