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qupada @kbin.social But also
mysterytool --help
mysterytool: unrecognized option: '-'
ok then...
mysterytool -h
mysterytool: unrecognized option: 'h'
49 0 ReplyNegativeLookBehind @kbin.social
mysterytool --help ‘--help’ unrecognized option, -h for help
I will burn this motherfucker to the ground
40 0 ReplyMelody Fwygon @lemmy.one
Or the opposite:
mysterytool -h -h unrecognized option, --help for help
Both need to burn.
15 0 Replylud @lemm.ee Sometimes
mysterytool -H
works1 0 ReplyNegativeLookBehind @kbin.social
mysterytool -haaaaaalp
4 0 Replyiguessthislldo @lemmy.world Some 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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corsicanguppy @lemmy.ca 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 Replycyanarchy @sh.itjust.works
If I can't get it with
tldr mysterytool
after all that, then clearly the developer intended it to stay a mystery.8 0 ReplyDave. @aussie.zone
strings mysterytool
As a last resort haha
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Treczoks @lemmy.world It could be worse. The documentation could be online, only accessible through a paywall.
2 0 Replydroans @lemmy.world Okay, Oracle.
3 0 ReplyTreczoks @lemmy.world Oh, they do it, too?
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