| -f | (Force.) Ignore errors on individual filenames and continue with the remaining arguments. |
| -h | (No follow.) If the file is a symbolic link, perform the operation on the link itself rather than the file that the link points to. |
| -n | ( NUL -terminate.) NUL -terminate the extent content written out. |
| -q | (Quiet.) Do not print out the pathname and suppress error messages. |
| -s | (Stringify.) Escape nonprinting characters and put quotes around the output. |
| -x | (Hex.) Print the output in hexadecimal. |
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