Mention in docs for -o/--output that you can suppress filename + line numbers with -h

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Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
perl
Domain
cli, documentation

Research direction

Find the documentation section describing the -o/--output option and inspect its current explanation of output formatting. Update it to mention that combining -o with -h suppresses filenames and line numbers, then check the rendered or generated documentation to confirm the option usage is clear.

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-o -h is so common it should be mentioned in the docs.

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