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[-] qupada@kbin.social 48 points 10 months ago

But also

mysterytool --help
mysterytool: unrecognized option: '-'

ok then...

mysterytool -h
mysterytool: unrecognized option: 'h'

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) 
mysterytool --help

   ‘--help’ unrecognized option, -h for help

I will burn this motherfucker to the ground

[-] Melody@lemmy.one 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Or the opposite:

mysterytool -h

     -h unrecognized option, --help for help

Both need to burn.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Sometimes mysterytool -H works

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

mysterytool -haaaaaalp

[-] iguessthislldo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If I can't get it with tldr mysterytoolafter all that, then clearly the developer intended it to stay a mystery.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago 
strings mysterytool

As a last resort haha

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It could be worse. The documentation could be online, only accessible through a paywall.

[-] droans@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Okay, Oracle.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, they do it, too?

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