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<H1><A NAME="SEC13" HREF="zsh_toc.html#TOC13">Invocation</A></H1>
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If the <SAMP>`-s'</SAMP> flag is not present and an argument is given, the first 
argument is taken to be the pathname of a script to execute.  The remaining 
arguments are assigned to the positional parameters.  The following flags 
are interpreted by the shell when invoked:

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<DT><CODE>-c <VAR>string</VAR></CODE>
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Read commands from <VAR>string</VAR>.

<DT><CODE>-i</CODE>
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Force shell to be interactive.

<DT><CODE>-s</CODE>
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Read command from the standard input.
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