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Abbreviation Exceptions

There are a number of exceptions to the standard first three‑character abbreviation. These exceptions are abbreviations for command words whose first three characters are not unique and, therefore, would conflict with an abbreviation for another command. Other abbreviations (or no abbreviation at all) are used.

For example, the COMBINE command does not have a three‑character abbreviation. The COMMAND option accepts the abbreviation CMD only: