Updated FAQ (markdown)

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### Error parsing arguments ### Error parsing arguments
The `signal-cli` program has a set of options, and each subcommand may have its own options. The correct order is:
`signal-cli` [SIGNAL-CLI_OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND] [SUBCOMMAND_OPTIONS]
So, for example:
$ signal-cli receive --output=json $ signal-cli receive --output=json
signal-cli: error: unrecognized arguments: '--output=json' signal-cli: error: unrecognized arguments: '--output=json'
The `--output=...` option needs to be in front of the `receive` subcommand: The `--output=...` option belongs to the main program, and needs to be in front of the `receive` subcommand:
$ signal-cli --output=json receive $ signal-cli --output=json receive