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The command octave --help is used to access the help information for the Octave software. When the command is executed in a terminal or command prompt, it displays a list of available command-line options and their descriptions. These options can be used to modify or customize the behavior of Octave when running scripts or interacting with the software.

The output of octave --help typically includes information about how to use Octave in batch or interactive mode, displaying version information, specifying script files to run, setting options for plotting, controlling output formatting, and more.

Using the --help option is a convenient way to quickly access a summary of available options and their explanations without going through the complete documentation.