Article 5DT0G [SOLVED] "-" before passing an argument

[SOLVED] "-" before passing an argument

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hnasr2001
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HI;

When do we need to use - followed by an argument in Linux command? Some of the Linux commands works with or without "-"

Example "tar -cf" or "tar cf".latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=dnWFQG0-ORA:psHKU6Jefq0:F7zBnMy latest?i=dnWFQG0-ORA:psHKU6Jefq0:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=dnWFQG0-ORA:psHKU6Jefq0:gIN9vFwdnWFQG0-ORA
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