SYNOPSIS
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-**hail** [ **-t** *file* | **--simulate** *spec* ] [options...] *input-file*
+**hail** [ **-t** *file* | **\--simulate** *spec* ] [options...] *input-file*
-**hail** --version
+**hail** \--version
DESCRIPTION
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response. In case of critical failures, the error message is printed
on stderr and the exit code is changed to show failure.
+If the input file name is ``-`` (a single minus sign), then the request
+data will be read from *stdin*.
+
ALGORITHM
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The options that can be passed to the program are as follows:
--p, --print-nodes
+-p, \--print-nodes
Prints the before and after node status, in a format designed to allow
the user to understand the node's most important parameters. See the
man page **htools**(1) for more details about this option.
--t *datafile*, --text-data=*datafile*
+-t *datafile*, \--text-data=*datafile*
The name of the file holding cluster information, to override the data
in the JSON request itself. This is mostly used for debugging. The
format of the file is described in the man page **htools**(1).
---simulate *description*
+\--simulate *description*
Backend specification: similar to the **-t** option, this allows
overriding the cluster data with a simulated cluster. For details
about the description, see the man page **htools**(1).
--S *filename*, --save-cluster=*filename*
+-S *filename*, \--save-cluster=*filename*
If given, the state of the cluster before and the iallocator run is
saved to a file named *filename.pre-ialloc*, respectively
*filename.post-ialloc*. This allows re-feeding the cluster state to