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<Zarutian> le/rn Frams\xc3\xb3knarflokkurinn/A, now defunct, political party in Iceland. Like its sister party Sj\xc3\xa1lfst\xc3\xa6\xc3\xb0isflokkurinn it is named by the antonym of what it is. (The name means the Progressive Party but they have nearly always been highly regressive). Think dumb Hill-Billies in ill fitting suits and you get their constiuents.
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2005-10-29.txt:00:23:51: <calamari> java textgen --help 2006-08-22.txt:02:45:36: <preyalone> print "--help (usage)" 2006-08-22.txt:02:46:04: <preyalone> if option=="--help": 2007-05-12.txt:21:30:26: <oerjan> (this from grep --help) 2007-06-23.txt:08:52:16: <immibis> !c --help 2007-06-23.txt:08:52:23: <immibis> !c --help 2007-07-17.txt:06:15:37: <immibis> !bf_txtgen --help 2007-07-17.txt:06:17:42: <EgoBot> --help 2007-07-17.txt:06:17:44: <EgoBot> --help 2007-07-17.txt:06:17:58: <immibis> oh yeah, i typed !bf_txtgen --help 2007-07-17.txt:06:19:44: <EgoBot> --help 2007-07-22.txt:14:16:11: <ehird`> !ls --help 2007-07-22.txt:14:16:15: <EgoBot> /bin/ls: ./files/--help: No such file or directory 2008-01-18.txt:19:00:01: <ais523> only --help and --version 2008-01-18.txt:19:02:00: <ais523> I wonder if anyone ever has run true --help in an attempt to find out what it does? 2008-01-23.txt:01:53:44: <ehird> sbcl --help 2008-03-10.txt:20:56:34: <AnMaster> $ ./ccbi --help 2008-03-13.txt:12:29:22: <AnMaster> you got that messed up in ccbi --help 2008-03-15.txt:21:56:11: <ais523> that won't distinguish between $1=--help and $1=the help text for GNU echo, if that's what's being used 2008-03-15.txt:21:57:30: <ehird> '--help' is not equal to 'the help text' 2008-03-16.txt:14:22:06: <AnMaster> this one had the typo in --help 2008-04-12.txt:16:21:47: <AnMaster> ehird, there is a gnu tool that can auto generate a man page from --help output 2008-07-06.txt:17:35:46: <tusho> oggenc --help, anything related to sample rate? 2008-07-25.txt:16:03:25: <AnMaster> ah yes your interpreter lacks a --help or such 2008-08-30.txt:20:38:53: <optbot> tusho: $ ./ccbi --help 2008-09-22.txt:12:54:48: <AnMaster> Deewiant, du --help 2008-10-07.txt:17:04:12: <AnMaster> ais523, --help seems to indicate -F is broken for all my icks 2008-10-12.txt:08:18:56: <immibis> !c --help 2008-10-19.txt:16:59:59: <Deewiant> ehird: the last 180 being the --help text. 2008-10-19.txt:17:00:26: <Deewiant> AnMaster: how long is ls --help 2008-10-19.txt:17:00:37: <AnMaster> $ ls --help 2008-10-19.txt:17:01:55: <AnMaster> not some funky --help 2008-10-19.txt:17:02:19: <Deewiant> I've always preferred --help and such 2008-10-19.txt:17:07:02: <Deewiant> --help is sufficient 2008-10-19.txt:17:09:11: <Deewiant> AnMaster: BSD. what's your point? My point was that that kind of stuff should be in --help. 2008-10-19.txt:17:09:27: <AnMaster> Deewiant, isn't in tsort --help on my linux 2008-10-19.txt:17:09:37: <Deewiant> AnMaster: What's your point? My point was that that kind of stuff should be in --help. 2008-10-19.txt:17:09:57: <Deewiant> AnMaster: My point was that that kind of stuff ******should***** be in --help. 2008-10-19.txt:17:10:23: <AnMaster> Deewiant, I don't want to have to pipe --help into less 2008-10-19.txt:17:11:19: <AnMaster> tsort --help | less 2008-10-19.txt:17:11:39: <Deewiant> Then have a short --help, and a --help-long. 2008-10-19.txt:17:11:54: <AnMaster> --help and --help --verbose 2008-10-19.txt:17:12:44: <AnMaster> Deewiant, now I think a good example of how to not do it: nmap --help 2008-10-19.txt:17:13:48: <Deewiant> nmap --help is pretty good IMO, could use more whitespace 2008-10-19.txt:17:16:05: <AnMaster> Deewiant, anyway yes --help is good, but with too many options it breaks badly 2008-10-19.txt:17:16:18: <Deewiant> yes, hence --help --verbose 2008-10-19.txt:17:17:26: <Deewiant> In general I guess best would be to have --help have the shortopts in the usual format and at most 20 lines of description of most important options 2008-10-19.txt:17:17:56: <AnMaster> so you get erlang shell if you try --help 2008-10-19.txt:17:20:18: <Deewiant> that's a good example, but the --help is terrible 2008-10-19.txt:17:20:49: <AnMaster> (Använd '-v --help' för att visa kommandoradsflaggor för barnprocesser) 2008-10-19.txt:17:21:15: <AnMaster> $ gcc --help -v 2>&1 | wc -l 2008-10-24.txt:20:04:45: <AnMaster> I used to follow the same algorithm as ccbi claim(ed?) it uses in --help 2008-10-29.txt:21:34:15: <AnMaster> $ ./funge --help 2008-10-29.txt:21:35:23: <fizzie> It has a "-h" flag, not "--help"; but I don't think I've used to get segfault out of it. 2008-10-29.txt:21:47:07: <AnMaster> UUNNDDEEFF:: TT aafftteerr MM ppuusshheedd 122 123 ^C <-- nice one from rc/funge on ./funge -Y --help mycology.b98 2008-10-30.txt:00:09:34: <AnMaster> he manages to crash on --help 2008-10-30.txt:00:11:16: <AnMaster> oh --help works fine if followed by a program 2008-10-30.txt:00:12:13: <AnMaster> $ ./funge -S --help ~/src/cfunge/trunk/mycology/sanity.bf 2008-10-30.txt:00:12:34: <AnMaster> $ ./funge --help 2008-10-30.txt:00:15:32: <AnMaster> however --help still crashes it 2008-10-30.txt:00:16:57: <AnMaster> $2 = 0x7fff674cb91a "--help" 2008-11-05.txt:22:09:34: <AnMaster> llvm-ld: Unknown command line argument '-m32'. Try: '/home/arvid/local/llvm/bin/llvm-ld --help' 2008-11-05.txt:22:09:35: <AnMaster> llvm-ld: Unknown command line argument '-ggdb'. Try: '/home/arvid/local/llvm/bin/llvm-ld --help' 2008-11-11.txt:06:41:28: -!- optbot changed the topic of #esoteric to: the entire backlog of #esoteric: http://tunes.org/~nef/logs/esoteric | only --help and --version 2008-11-15.txt:10:20:15: <Deewiant> ./funge --help 2008-11-15.txt:10:20:16: <Deewiant> zsh: segmentation fault ./funge --help 2008-12-15.txt:16:42:30: <AnMaster> zuff, looked at --help and/or --help=recursive 2008-12-15.txt:16:45:10: <zuff> ./configure --help says LDFLAGS. 2008-12-18.txt:12:12:15: <ais523> unknown option --gelp - try gplc --help 2009-01-07.txt:18:20:53: <AnMaster> mkdir gcc-build; cd gcc-build; ../gcc-source/configure --prefix=$HOME/gcc43 --help 2009-01-11.txt:18:33:48: <AnMaster> flexo, is there any -h or --help for pinky? 2009-01-13.txt:17:58:42: <AnMaster> `--help' and `--version'. *Note Common options::. 2009-02-12.txt:17:20:56: <ais523> LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 cp --help outputs in French for me; LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 git --help doesn't 2009-02-12.txt:17:21:19: <ehird> % LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 cp --help 2009-02-12.txt:17:21:47: <ais523> $ LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 gcc --help 2009-02-12.txt:17:22:03: <ehird> % LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 gcc --help 2009-03-01.txt:00:11:03: <ehird> Random832: ls --help 2009-03-01.txt:00:11:22: <ehird> heck, true --help 2009-03-01.txt:00:11:24: <ehird> echo --help 2009-03-01.txt:00:11:48: <Random832> (the one place that behavior violates standards is yes --help) 2009-03-01.txt:00:11:54: <ehird> also, no, echo --help too 2009-03-10.txt:20:04:07: <ais523> $ yacc --help 2009-03-11.txt:21:55:37: <AnMaster> ais523, setarch --help lists more interesting stuff 2009-03-11.txt:22:32:36: <ehird> % lisppaste 76853 <(setarch --help) 2009-03-14.txt:17:02:21: <AnMaster> ehird, from curl --help | grep progress 2009-03-14.txt:17:03:27: <AnMaster> just wanted to help you in the future. You know you always tell me to use google so to keep the balance I have to tell you to use --help/man/info/grep/whatever 2009-03-28.txt:20:05:41: <Deewiant> ehird: runhaskell Setup.hs configure --help 2009-03-28.txt:20:50:49: <ehird> Missing filename ("less --help" for help) 2009-03-30.txt:22:27:12: <AnMaster> # /bin/echo --help | wc -l 2009-03-30.txt:22:27:36: <ehird> AnMaster: ) echo --help 2009-03-30.txt:22:27:36: <ehird> --help 2009-03-30.txt:22:28:07: <fizzie> This GNU time has: Usage: /usr/bin/time [-apvV] [-f format] [-o file] [--append] [--verbose] [--portability] [--format=format] [--output=file] [--version] [--quiet] [--help] command [arg...] 2009-03-30.txt:22:30:49: <AnMaster> $ /usr/bin/time --help 2009-03-30.txt:22:30:50: <AnMaster> [--help] command [arg...] 2009-03-31.txt:19:31:48: <AnMaster> I think I basically checked what ccbi --help or whatever said and did the same 2009-04-04.txt:19:40:22: <AnMaster> also looked at rebuild --help 2009-04-05.txt:12:02:23: <AnMaster_ipv6> there is a *doucmented* switch gcc --help=undocumented 2009-04-05.txt:12:09:28: <AnMaster_ipv6> GCC 4.3.2 --help -v supports some 770+ unique options 2009-04-05.txt:14:15:45: <AnMaster_ipv6> (a bit hard to measure, the --help -v output is not that simple to parse) 2009-04-05.txt:14:16:53: <AnMaster_ipv6> <AnMaster_ipv6> there is a *doucmented* switch gcc --help=undocumented 2009-04-05.txt:14:22:31: <ais523> AnMaster_ipv6: the documentation for --help=undocumented is obviously lying 2009-04-05.txt:14:23:37: <AnMaster_ipv6> ais523, It seems to mean there is no --help text stored for the switch 2009-04-10.txt:22:01:42: <AnMaster> ccbi has it in --help or something iirc 2009-04-26.txt:19:01:48: <ehird> % ./hello-world --help 2009-04-27.txt:18:30:26: <ehird> % bin/ccbi --help 2009-04-27.txt:18:30:27: <ehird> zsh: bus error bin/ccbi --help 2009-04-27.txt:18:31:16: <ehird> Deewiant: So, why does --help segfault? 2009-04-27.txt:18:37:19: <ehird> "ccbi" prints the same as "ccbi --help", right? 2009-04-27.txt:19:17:48: <ehird> ldc: Unknown command line argument '-O7'. Try: '/Users/ehird/d/ldc/bin/ldc --help' 2009-04-27.txt:19:17:48: <ehird> ldc: Unknown command line argument '-O7'. Try: '/Users/ehird/d/ldc/bin/ldc --help' 2009-04-27.txt:19:17:49: <ehird> ldc: Unknown command line argument '-O7'. Try: '/Users/ehird/d/ldc/bin/ldc --help' 2009-04-27.txt:19:17:51: <ehird> ldc: Unknown command line argument '-O7'. Try: '/Users/ehird/d/ldc/bin/ldc --help' 2009-04-27.txt:19:41:57: <ehird> Usage: --help ARGS SOURCE_FILE [BEFUNGE_ARGS...] 2009-05-01.txt:01:47:00: <AnMaster> ehird, mount --help 2009-05-02.txt:21:59:33: <AnMaster> !sh /usr/sbin/activateCmosToken --help 2009-05-03.txt:23:20:18: <comex> !sh nc --help 2>&1 | md5sum 2009-05-03.txt:23:20:24: <comex> !sh nc --help 2>&1 2009-05-03.txt:23:23:40: <kerlo> !sh whoami --help 2009-05-03.txt:23:24:13: <kerlo> !sh id --help 2009-05-07.txt:22:24:12: <Deewiant> ehird: pacman -S --help. 2009-05-08.txt:21:57:46: <Deewiant> time yaourt --help >/dev/null -> 0.13user 0.38system 2009-05-08.txt:21:59:31: <pikhq> sudo emerge --help 1.29s user 0.16s system 98% cpu 1.463 total 2009-05-08.txt:22:00:23: <AnMaster> # time pmerge --help &>/dev/null 2009-05-08.txt:22:00:36: <Deewiant> ldc --help-hidden is over three times as long, and outputs in 0.00 seconds. 2009-05-08.txt:22:17:53: <Deewiant> AnMaster: Consider reading curl --help. 2009-05-11.txt:20:25:20: <AnMaster> try 'rlwrap --help' for more information 2009-05-11.txt:20:27:32: <ehird> AnMaster: rlwrap --help 2009-05-15.txt:21:58:43: <ehird> !sh cabal --help 2009-05-22.txt:15:52:08: <AnMaster> it was for the --help output function 2009-06-11.txt:20:31:44: <ehird> [ehird:~] % nginx --help 2009-06-11.txt:20:31:44: <ehird> 2009/06/11 20:30:19 [emerg] 3086#0: invalid option: "--help" 2009-06-16.txt:08:38:13: <immibis> why does apt-get --help say "This APT has Super Cow Powers"? 2009-06-20.txt:07:07:25: <immibis> `mount --help 2009-06-21.txt:02:34:12: <immibis> `wolfram --help 2009-06-21.txt:02:42:12: <HackEgo> /bin/mknod: missing operand after `9' \ Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information. 2009-06-29.txt:20:29:30: <AnMaster> `run apt-get --help 2009-07-22.txt:15:03:37: <ehird> `fortune --help 2009-07-24.txt:18:44:04: <ehird> `fetch --help 2009-07-24.txt:18:44:11: <HackEgo> GNU Wget 1.11.4, a non-interactive network retriever. Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Startup: -V, --version display the version of Wget and exit. -h, --help print this help. -b, --background go to background after startup. -e, --execute=COMMAND execute a `.wgetrc'-style command. Logging and input file: -o, --output-file=FILE 2009-07-27.txt:18:06:48: <ehird> !sh seq --help 2009-07-28.txt:00:00:57: <ehird> pikhq: looked at ls --help recently? 2009-07-28.txt:01:23:01: <AnMaster> in fact I had to google how. Since I couldn't find it in gdb --help output 2009-08-16.txt:04:45:30: <HackEgo> wget: missing URL \ Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... \ \ Try `wget --help' for more options. 2009-08-26.txt:15:44:06: <ehird1> woot, debootstrap --help works 2009-09-05.txt:18:40:24: <AnMaster> ./rcfunge --help 2009-09-12.txt:10:24:55: <Deewiant> ./configure --help is typically about 20 seconds 2009-09-21.txt:17:16:00: <AnMaster> apt-cache search --help isn't useful either 2009-09-24.txt:21:33:50: <AnMaster> <pikhq> Erm. The wikipedia page does. <-- yeah wikipedia is defined as being true. So ./configure --help is LYING 2009-10-31.txt:20:32:56: <AnMaster> $ slock --help 2009-10-31.txt:21:42:39: <AnMaster> $ slock --help 2009-11-02.txt:09:51:08: <AnMaster> ld --help 2009-11-12.txt:22:56:06: <Deewiant> I've clocked ./configure --help taking longer on Windows than the whole ./configure on Linux, on the same machine. 2009-11-14.txt:20:11:25: <ais523> e.g. --help output often uses 8-space tabs 2009-11-14.txt:20:11:35: <AnMaster> ais523, --help uses spaces in my experience 2009-11-15.txt:16:01:59: <ehird> 12:11:25 <ais523> e.g. --help output often uses 8-space tabs 2009-11-15.txt:22:33:54: <Deewiant> One need only run ./hello +RTS --help. 2009-11-27.txt:19:45:15: <AnMaster> $ clang --help 2009-12-21.txt:20:55:25: <Deewiant> Run --help 2010-01-12.txt:21:49:08: <ehird> !sh interps/lazyk/lazy --help | tr $' ' ' ' 2010-01-14.txt:20:33:12: <AnMaster> not in man page or --help at least 2010-01-14.txt:20:36:00: <AnMaster> coppro, is it in --help for you? 2010-02-16.txt:14:57:47: <Wareya> !sh rm --help 2010-03-16.txt:01:23:37: <uorygl> cc --help 2010-04-06.txt:17:29:06: <AnMaster> $ lzma --help 2010-05-01.txt:21:07:18: <AnMaster> hiato, the data dump I got was 552MB, and that was just for ./program --help 2010-05-02.txt:18:38:02: <AnMaster> pikhq, and objdump --help says x86-64 should work 2010-05-28.txt:20:33:32: <Deewiant> `run define --help 2010-05-28.txt:20:33:40: <Deewiant> `run define --help 2>&1 2010-06-11.txt:18:10:41: <Deewiant> --help 2010-07-03.txt:17:32:50: <Deewiant> Run your ./donothing +RTS --help and see what you've got 2010-08-28.txt:16:00:55: <Vorpal> so just pass it --help 2010-08-28.txt:16:11:13: <Vorpal> try ./configure --help 2010-09-06.txt:21:08:13: <HackEgo> wget: missing URL \ Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... \ \ Try `wget --help' for more options. 2010-09-06.txt:21:56:59: <HackEgo> /bin/tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' or `--test-label' options \ Try `/bin/tar --help' or `/bin/tar --usage' for more information. \ /bin/cat: write error: Broken pipe 2010-09-12.txt:04:56:02: <HackEgo> /usr/bin/factor: invalid option -- '6' \ Try `/usr/bin/factor --help' for more information. 2010-09-27.txt:17:49:25: <fizzie> "Try the following options if you want more information: foo --help, foo -h, foo -?, info foo, whatis foo, apropos foo, dpkg --listfiles foo, dpkg --search foo, locate '*foo*', find / -name '*foo*'" -- I like how it gets more and more desperate 2010-10-21.txt:16:53:23: <elliott> Dear debootstrap: "debootstrap lenny --help" does NOT mean "create a directory called --help". 2010-10-22.txt:22:41:53: <elliott> cpressey: hmm, how would you summarise -e prog in --help? :P 2010-10-22.txt:22:43:15: <elliott> Phantom_Hoover: have you ever used --help? 2010-10-22.txt:22:43:44: <Phantom_Hoover> [[[phantomhoover@phantomhoover-laptop:~]$ dc --help (10-22 22:43) 2010-10-26.txt:06:28:57: <catseye> nc --help does not 2010-10-28.txt:20:38:43: <elliott> I could sprunge objump --help now, but I won't. 2010-10-28.txt:20:39:07: <Vorpal> <elliott> I could sprunge objump --help now, but I won't. <-- I know it, could be better, but nothing majorly wrong 2010-10-28.txt:20:42:58: <Vorpal> elliott, --help and see -M 2010-10-28.txt:20:43:04: <elliott> Vorpal: i used --help. 2010-11-07.txt:00:47:32: <elliott> pikhq: Spot the bug: if '--help' or '-h' in configure_args: 2010-11-07.txt:00:49:44: <elliott> One would assume it could also do its equivalent of ('--help' | '-h') in configure_args. 2010-11-07.txt:00:52:59: <fizzie> elliott: Well, fortunately "if any(x in configure_args for x in ('--help', '-h')):" is oh-so-elegant also. 2010-11-07.txt:00:53:12: <elliott> if '--help' in configure_args or '-h' in configure_args: 2010-11-07.txt:01:53:52: <elliott> pikhq: When I support non-autoconf builds, that'll instead be make arguments. And indeed, --help will probably cat INSTALL; failing that, README. 2010-11-07.txt:05:38:54: <elliott> ais523: ugh, --help doesn't even work 2010-11-09.txt:22:28:49: <elliott> Phantom_Hoover: it responds to --help and --version. it is some 50 lines long 2010-11-09.txt:22:32:04: <fizzie> It's important to get translations and --help --version working properly there. 2010-11-09.txt:22:32:23: <elliott> Phantom_Hoover: $(which true) --help 2010-11-09.txt:22:59:41: <elliott> Phantom_Hoover: "online help" is arcanejargon for "--help", btw. 2010-11-09.txt:23:00:12: <elliott> gnu factor doesn't even have any flags other than --help and --version 2010-11-10.txt:00:35:05: <elliott> │ when <applet> --help is called. │ 2010-11-27.txt:04:17:56: <elliott> unlike the GNU implementation of true(1) and false(1), clear seems to not have --help or --version 2010-11-27.txt:04:18:23: <zzo38> Why should a implementation of true(1) false(1) need --help or --version or anything else? 2010-12-01.txt:20:01:09: <elliott> (Take a look at "busybox ls --help" sometime.) 2010-12-05.txt:00:38:46: <elliott> Faster if it didn't respond to --help and --version! 2010-12-20.txt:22:30:23: <olsner> elliott: make --help or man make? 2011-01-10.txt:10:53:06: <Vorpal> fizzie, also how comes that part of the --help output is localised to Swedish? 2011-02-08.txt:23:36:07: <Deewiant> $ ./Main --help 2011-02-08.txt:23:36:07: <Deewiant> Main: --help: openFile: does not exist (No such file or directory) 2011-04-16.txt:22:14:47: <Vorpal> libtool: Try `libtool --help' for more information. 2011-04-16.txt:23:04:28: <Vorpal> elliott, oh and tell the self-extracting .sh --help, and it will tell you how to direct it to unpack in a good place 2011-04-17.txt:14:15:14: <Vorpal> Phantom_Hoover, then you need some ia32-libs on ubuntu. To extract the update you need to run it as ./update.sh --help to find option to extract to a specific dir, then copy (but do not overwrite) the data file from the iso into the lib dir in the extracted area. 2011-04-17.txt:19:00:16: <Vorpal> elliott, as I said to Phantom_Hoover before, get the patch and extract it. (./update.sh --help to see how to know where to place it) Then copy the missing data files from linux/uplink.zip on the bin/cue image to the lib. dir of it 2011-04-17.txt:19:19:02: <Vorpal> <Vorpal> elliott, as I said to Phantom_Hoover before, get the patch and extract it. (./update.sh --help to see how to know where to place it) Then copy the missing data files from linux/uplink.zip on the bin/cue image to the lib. dir of it 2011-04-25.txt:14:56:32: <Deewiant> Running ./configure --help in MSYS takes a minute 2011-05-10.txt:20:45:34: <elliott> ./configure --help can take several minutes. 2011-05-28.txt:23:08:33: <CakeProphet> `wget --help 2011-05-28.txt:23:08:35: <HackEgo> GNU Wget 1.11.4, a non-interactive network retriever. \ Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... \ \ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. \ \ Startup: \ -V, --version display the version of Wget and exit. \ -h, --help print this help. \ -b, --background go to 2011-05-28.txt:23:08:59: <CakeProphet> `fetch --help 2011-05-28.txt:23:09:49: <HackEgo> GNU Wget 1.11.4, a non-interactive network retriever. Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Startup: -V, --version display the version of Wget and exit. -h, --help print this help. -b, --background go to background after startup. -e, --execute=COMMAND execute a `.wgetrc'-style command. Logging and input file: -o, --output-file=FILE log message 2011-06-04.txt:21:10:00: <Phantom_Hoover> cheater_, BtW, try true --version and --help, if your shell doesn't alias it. 2011-06-15.txt:02:28:58: <lambdabot> Try --help for command line options 2011-06-27.txt:13:16:16: <lambdabot> For details on correct flags pass --help 2011-07-20.txt:05:49:53: <elliott> "The GNU version is best. none of the other's implement --help to print the program's usage, including specifics on the (also not implemented) -E and -e options, which are useful depending on how your script uses echo. Also, vs the SYS V and other older versions, this version of echo doesn't require a shell to properly handle escape sequences or quotes. It also properly detects and uses locales and characters sets. The FreeBSD version does almost 2011-08-02.txt:02:46:16: <elliott> cabal: unrecognised command: intsall (try --help) 2011-08-12.txt:22:12:04: <HackEgo> rm: missing operand. \ Try `rm --help' for more information.. 2011-08-13.txt:22:00:14: <elliott> ---help--- 2011-08-14.txt:16:55:23: <elliott> Deewiant: Guess what GetOpt can't handle nicely, that's right, things like --help and --version 2011-08-19.txt:13:23:57: <CakeProphet> `wl --help 2011-08-19.txt:13:57:28: <HackEgo> ghc: no input files \ Usage: For basic information, try the `--help' option. 2011-08-19.txt:17:18:51: <HackEgo> ghc: no input files \ Usage: For basic information, try the `--help' option. 2011-08-19.txt:23:49:51: <lambdabot> Try --help for command line options 2011-08-21.txt:04:58:57: <elliott> --help?! What's this nonsense! 2011-08-21.txt:18:41:39: <Gregor> $ ./rezzo --help 2011-08-21.txt:18:41:39: <Gregor> --help?! What's this nonsense! 2011-09-01.txt:03:31:37: <HackEgo> ghc: on the commandline: cannot use `--interactive' with `-e' \ Usage: For basic information, try the `--help' option. 2011-09-02.txt:00:20:04: <Sgeo> I think --wait just wasn't listed in --help, or I didn't see it 2011-09-14.txt:22:53:21: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `/hackenv/bin/forget /hackenv/bin/forget_' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-09-14.txt:23:05:20: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `wisdom/hackego, wisdom/hackego' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-09-14.txt:23:26:14: <shachaf> `forget --help 2011-09-14.txt:23:26:16: <HackEgo> rm: cannot remove `wisdom/--help': No such file or directory \ Forget what? 2011-09-14.txt:23:54:15: <HackEgo> Usage: chsh [options] [LOGIN] \ \ Options: \ -h, --help display this help message and exit \ -s, --shell SHELL new login shell for the user account \ 2011-09-15.txt:00:03:57: <HackEgo> rm: invalid option -- \ Try `rm --help' for more information. 2011-09-15.txt:04:04:21: <HackEgo> ghc: no input files \ Usage: For basic information, try the `--help' option. 2011-09-15.txt:04:28:07: <Gregor> `shred --help 2011-09-16.txt:20:58:35: <elliott> CCBI :: unexpected argument 'R'. Use '--help' for help. 2011-09-16.txt:20:58:35: <elliott> CCBI :: unexpected argument 'T'. Use '--help' for help. 2011-09-16.txt:20:58:35: <elliott> CCBI :: unexpected argument 'U'. Use '--help' for help. 2011-09-23.txt:12:50:23: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `wacro_egobot.pl bin/wacro' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-09-23.txt:12:57:06: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `wacro_egobot.pl bin/wacro' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-09-24.txt:18:18:04: <elliott_> [--help] COMMAND [ARGS] 2011-09-24.txt:20:35:23: <Vorpal> diff --help | grep git turns up nothing here 2011-09-25.txt:15:23:41: <HackEgo> gzip: invalid option -- \ Try `gzip --help' for more information. 2011-09-25.txt:15:24:18: <HackEgo> gzip: invalid option -- \ Try `gzip --help' for more information. 2011-09-25.txt:15:25:31: <HackEgo> tar: invalid option -- e \ Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. 2011-09-25.txt:15:25:36: <HackEgo> tar: invalid option -- \ Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information. 2011-09-25.txt:20:23:55: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `bin/wacro bin/word' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-10-02.txt:12:24:42: <elliott> cabal: unrecognised command: shadow (try --help) 2011-10-03.txt:00:30:57: <HackEgo> rm: invalid option -- \ Try `rm --help' for more information. 2011-10-03.txt:00:36:19: <HackEgo> mkdir: invalid option -- \ Try `mkdir --help' for more information. 2011-10-03.txt:00:40:46: <HackEgo> ls: invalid option -- \ Try `ls --help' for more information. 2011-10-03.txt:00:51:13: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `units bin' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-10-05.txt:07:47:49: <elliott> git: 'gui' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. 2011-10-07.txt:17:34:38: <fizzie> `run /bin/echo --help 2011-10-07.txt:17:34:41: <HackEgo> Usage: /bin/echo [OPTION]... [STRING]... \ Echo the STRING(s) to standard output. \ \ -n do not output the trailing newline \ -e enable interpretation of backslash escapes \ -E disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default) \ --help display this help and exit 2011-10-07.txt:17:35:37: <fizzie> I'm not exactly sure how you are meant to echo "--help" with the coreutils echo. 2011-10-07.txt:17:35:46: <fizzie> `run echo -- --help 2011-10-07.txt:17:35:48: <HackEgo> -- --help 2011-10-07.txt:17:35:50: <fizzie> `run /bin/echo -- --help 2011-10-07.txt:17:35:52: <HackEgo> -- --help 2011-10-07.txt:17:35:57: <CakeProp1et> `run /bin/echo --help 2011-10-07.txt:17:36:00: <HackEgo> Usage: /bin/echo [OPTION]... [STRING]... \ Echo the STRING(s) to standard output. \ \ -n do not output the trailing newline \ -e enable interpretation of backslash escapes \ -E disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default) \ --help display this help and exit 2011-10-07.txt:17:36:23: <fizzie> `run /bin/echo -E --help 2011-10-07.txt:17:36:25: <HackEgo> --help 2011-10-14.txt:03:26:21: <HackEgo> ghc: no input files \ Usage: For basic information, try the `--help' option. 2011-10-14.txt:09:13:01: <fizzie> Try `gtar --help' or `gtar --usage' for more information. 2011-10-28.txt:19:02:37: <elliott> run('perl', './' + configure, '--help') 2011-10-28.txt:19:10:42: <elliott> you can pass it --help 2011-11-02.txt:23:59:28: <HackEgo> cut: the delimiter must be a single character \ Try `cut --help' for more information. \ *poof* 2011-11-03.txt:00:01:00: <HackEgo> cut: the delimiter must be a single character \ Try `cut --help' for more information. 2011-11-04.txt:10:16:48: <ais523> elliott_: "true --help" doesn't print anything 2011-11-04.txt:10:17:00: <fizzie> $ /bin/true --help 2011-11-04.txt:10:17:03: <Sgeo|web> `run true --help 2011-11-04.txt:10:17:06: <elliott_> [elliott@dinky weboflies]$ /bin/true --help 2011-11-04.txt:10:17:06: <elliott_> --help display this help and exit 2011-11-17.txt:21:20:27: <HackEgo> chmod: missing operand after `+x bin/welcome' \ Try `chmod --help' for more information. 2011-11-18.txt:23:58:38: <CakeProphet> `run paste --help 2011-11-19.txt:00:10:18: <elliott> `tree --help 2011-11-19.txt:00:10:20: <HackEgo> usage: tree [-adfghilnpqrstuvxACDFNS] [-H baseHREF] [-T title ] [-L level [-R]] \.[-P pattern] [-I pattern] [-o filename] [--version] [--help] [--inodes] \.[--device] [--noreport] [--nolinks] [--dirsfirst] [--charset charset] \..[--filelimit #] [<directory list>] \ -a. All files are listed. \ -d. List directories only. \.-l. Follow symbolic links like directories. 2011-11-19.txt:00:10:32: <elliott> `run tree --help | paste 2011-11-19.txt:00:10:34: <HackEgo> usage: tree [-adfghilnpqrstuvxACDFNS] [-H baseHREF] [-T title ] [-L level [-R]] \.[-P pattern] [-I pattern] [-o filename] [--version] [--help] [--inodes] \.[--device] [--noreport] [--nolinks] [--dirsfirst] [--charset charset] \..[--filelimit #] [<directory list>] \ -a. All files are listed. \ -d. List directories only. \.-l. Follow symbolic links like directories. 2011-11-19.txt:00:10:38: <elliott> `run tree --help 2>&1 | paste 2011-11-24.txt:22:08:43: <HackEgo> rm: invalid option -- ' ' \ Try `rm --help' for more information. 2011-11-24.txt:22:11:24: <HackEgo> rm: invalid option -- ' ' \ Try `rm --help' for more information. 2011-12-02.txt:14:06:38: <kallisti> `run festival --help 2011-12-04.txt:21:59:52: <HackEgo> ln: invalid option -- ' ' \ Try `ln --help' for more information. 2011-12-17.txt:00:38:31: <Sgeo> !haskell --help 2011-12-20.txt:09:34:04: <HackEgo> cp: missing destination file operand after `bin/log bin/pastlog' \ Try `cp --help' for more information. 2011-12-23.txt:09:03:44: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `chmod +x words.pl && mv words.pl bin/words' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-12-23.txt:09:04:14: <HackEgo> mv: missing destination file operand after `Data share/WordData' \ Try `mv --help' for more information. 2011-12-23.txt:09:04:24: <kallisti> `words --help 2011-12-23.txt:09:25:40: <kallisti> `run --help 2011-12-23.txt:09:25:44: <HackEgo> bash: --: invalid option \ Usage:.bash [GNU long option] [option] ... \.bash [GNU long option] [option] script-file ... \ GNU long options: \.--debug \.--debugger \.--dump-po-strings \.--dump-strings \.--help \.--init-file \.--login \.--noediting \.--noprofile \.--norc \.--posix \.--protected \.--rcfile \.--restricted \.--verbose \.--version