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doc: options cleanups

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@ -272,10 +272,10 @@ or one of the built-in implicit tags (like `code` or `payee`).
As with account names, when tag values have `multiple:colon-separated:parts` hledger will build hierarchy,
displayed in tree-mode reports, summarisable with a depth limit, and so on.
`--pivot` affects all reports, and is one of those options you can write before the command name if you wish.
You can think of hledger transforming the journal before any other processing,
replacing every posting's account name with the value of the specified tag on that posting,
inheriting it from the transaction or using a blank value if it's not present.
`--pivot` is a general option affecting all reports; you can think of hledger transforming
the journal before any other processing, replacing every posting's account name with
the value of the specified tag on that posting, inheriting it from the transaction
or using a blank value if it's not present.
An example:
@ -340,13 +340,12 @@ Some things to note:
must be enclosed in forward slashes (`/REGEX/`). Elsewhere in hledger,
these are not required.
- To match a regular expression metacharacter like `$` as a literal
character, prepend a backslash. Eg to search for amounts with the
- In queries, to match a regular expression metacharacter like `$`
as a literal character, prepend a backslash. Eg to search for amounts with the
dollar sign in hledger-web, write `cur:\$`.
- On the command line, some metacharacters like `$` have a special
meaning to the shell and so must be escaped a second time, with single
or double quotes or another backslash. Eg, to match amounts with the
dollar sign from the command line, write `cur:'\$'` or `cur:\\$`.
meaning to the shell and so must be escaped at least once more.
See [Special characters](#special-characters).