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mysterytool --help
mysterytool: unrecognized option: '-'
ok then...
mysterytool -h
mysterytool: unrecognized option: 'h'
47 0 Replymysterytool --help ‘--help’ unrecognized option, -h for help
I will burn this motherfucker to the ground
40 0 ReplyOr the opposite:
mysterytool -h -h unrecognized option, --help for help
Both need to burn.
15 0 ReplySometimes
mysterytool -H
works1 0 Replymysterytool -haaaaaalp
4 0 ReplySome of the older programs and scripts I've seen in the codebases I help maintain have
-u
or-?
. If I have an excuse to do any changes to them I'll usually change them to use-h
and--help
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And
mysterytool -h
mysterytool: try our info page that requires a custom viewer because gnu is better than standards. And there is no regular man page because fuck you
26 0 ReplyIf I can't get it with
tldr mysterytool
after all that, then clearly the developer intended it to stay a mystery.8 0 Replystrings mysterytool
As a last resort haha
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It could be worse. The documentation could be online, only accessible through a paywall.
2 0 ReplyOkay, Oracle.
3 0 ReplyOh, they do it, too?
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