File: coreutils.info, Node: General options in ptx, Next: Charset selection in ptx, Up: ptx invocation 7.5.1 General options --------------------- ‘-G’ ‘--traditional’ As already explained, this option disables all GNU extensions to ‘ptx’ and switches to traditional mode. ‘--help’ Print a short help on standard output, then exit without further processing. ‘--version’ Print the program version on standard output, then exit without further processing. An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value indicates failure.