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## Job Control

GMT programs may get operational parameters from several places:

1.
  Supplied command line options/switches or program defaults.

2.
  Short-hand notation to select previously used option arguments (stored in .gmtcommands).

3.
  Implicitly using GMT defaults for a variety of parameters (stored in .gmtdefaults).

4.
  May use hidden support data like coastlines or PostScript patterns.