And no man page

@crispy_kilt@feddit.de · 9 months ago

And no man page

qupada · 9 months ago

But also

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

ok then…

mysterytool -h
mysterytool: unrecognized option: 'h'

NegativeLookBehind · edit-2 9 months ago

mysterytool --help

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

I will burn this motherfucker to the ground

Melody Fwygon · edit-2 9 months ago

Or the opposite:

mysterytool -h

     -h unrecognized option, --help for help

Both need to burn.

@lud@lemm.ee · 9 months ago

Sometimes mysterytool -H works

NegativeLookBehind · 9 months ago

mysterytool -haaaaaalp

@iguessthislldo@lemmy.world · 9 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 · edit-2 9 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 · edit-2 9 months ago

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

Dave. · 9 months ago

strings mysterytool

As a last resort haha

@Treczoks@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

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

@droans@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Okay, Oracle.

@Treczoks@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Oh, they do it, too?