this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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But also
mysterytool --help
mysterytool: unrecognized option: '-'
ok then...
mysterytool -h
mysterytool: unrecognized option: 'h'
I will burn this motherfucker to the ground
Or the opposite:
Both need to burn.
Sometimes
mysterytool -H
worksmysterytool -haaaaaalp
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
.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
If I can't get it with
tldr mysterytool
after all that, then clearly the developer intended it to stay a mystery.As a last resort haha
It could be worse. The documentation could be online, only accessible through a paywall.
Okay, Oracle.