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 ### Misc. arguments
 
-|**`--help`** (**`-h`**)|Print a help/ usage page for the validation tool.|
-|**`--dict-sdb <SDB FILE>`** (**`-d`**)|Format dictionary in (binary) SDB format used for validating a ModelCIF file. The container comes with a SDB for ModelCIF and one for the original PDBx/mmCIF format.|
-|**`--out-file <JSON FILE>`** (**`-o`**)|Instead of printing the output to `stdout`, store it in a JSON file.|
-|**`--verbose`** (**`-v`**)|Write information from intermediate steps to `stdout`. This includes the raw output of `CifCheck`.|
+**`--help`** (**`-h`**) Print a help/ usage page for the validation tool.
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+**`--dict-sdb <SDB FILE>`** (**`-d`**) Format dictionary in (binary) SDB format used for validating a ModelCIF file. The container comes with a SDB for ModelCIF and one for the original PDBx/mmCIF format.
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+**`--out-file <JSON FILE>`** (**`-o`**) Instead of printing the output to `stdout`, store it in a JSON file.
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+**`--verbose`** (**`-v`**) Write information from intermediate steps to `stdout`. This includes the raw output of `CifCheck`.
 
 
 ## How to run the container