code> options are given, their values
are concatenated as separate paragraphs.
Lines starting with <code>#</code> and empty lines other than a
single line between paragraphs will be stripped out.
If you wish to keep them verbatim, use <code>--no-stripspace</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">-F &lt;file&gt;</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">--file=&lt;file&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Take the note message from the given file.  Use <em>-</em> to
read the note message from the standard input.
Lines starting with <code>#</code>