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I just type "help" into anything that looks like a prompt. From there things are usually discoverable enough, and if not, now I have strings, that I can C/P str

I just type "help" into anything that looks like a prompt. From there things are usually discoverable enough, and if not, now I have strings, that I can C/P straight into a search engine. ;)

jolux 6y ago
zsh: command not found: help
- nxc18 6y ago
  Python help: Can’t open file ‘help’: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Python -help: Unknown option: -e Python —-help: actual help Stupid users, it’s so intuitive! (PS it always bugs me that every program uses a different option for checking the version. Node is -v, python is -V, dotnet is —-version. Again, couldn’t be more intuitive, duck users, right?)
  - jolux 6y ago
    I actually didn't know about python -V! python also accepts --version, but if you give it -v, that's verbose, which will only confuse people more. I believe java used to only accept -version with one hyphen, but now it accepts --version with two as well.
- deleted 6y ago
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- boogies 6y ago
  OpenBSD has a help command that’s basically just an alias for man, except without arguments it opens the manpage for help(1)¹. GNU help is a bash builtin for help with bash builtins, but does redirect to more general help. GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) These shell commands are defined internally. Type `help' to see this list. Type `help name' to find out more about the function `name'. Use `info bash' to find out more about the shell in general. Use `man -k' or `info' to find out more about commands not in this list. ¹https://man.openbsd.org/help https://man.openbsd.org/help
- stragies 6y ago
  yes, but now you know, into which shell you were dumped, and can gogle next steps! Don't you fully read the posts you reply to?
  - jolux 6y ago
    I read your post. You’re assuming a level of confidence that most non-programmers don’t have. I googled that exact message and nothing helpful came up.
l0b0 6y ago
I wrote ~3000 words on how to find help for commands (and discovering which commands exist) for a book. It's not a trivial task at all.

I just type "help" into anything that looks like a prompt. From there things are usually discoverable enough, and if not, now I have strings, that I can C/P straight into a search engine. ;)

jolux 6y ago

zsh: command not found: help

nxc18 6y ago
Python help: Can’t open file ‘help’: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Python -help: Unknown option: -e Python —-help: actual help Stupid users, it’s so intuitive! (PS it always bugs me that every program uses a different option for checking the version. Node is -v, python is -V, dotnet is —-version. Again, couldn’t be more intuitive, duck users, right?)
- jolux 6y ago
  I actually didn't know about python -V! python also accepts --version, but if you give it -v, that's verbose, which will only confuse people more. I believe java used to only accept -version with one hyphen, but now it accepts --version with two as well.
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boogies 6y ago
OpenBSD has a help command that’s basically just an alias for man, except without arguments it opens the manpage for help(1)¹. GNU help is a bash builtin for help with bash builtins, but does redirect to more general help. GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) These shell commands are defined internally. Type `help' to see this list. Type `help name' to find out more about the function `name'. Use `info bash' to find out more about the shell in general. Use `man -k' or `info' to find out more about commands not in this list. ¹https://man.openbsd.org/help https://man.openbsd.org/help
stragies 6y ago
yes, but now you know, into which shell you were dumped, and can gogle next steps! Don't you fully read the posts you reply to?
- jolux 6y ago
  I read your post. You’re assuming a level of confidence that most non-programmers don’t have. I googled that exact message and nothing helpful came up.

l0b0 6y ago

I wrote ~3000 words on how to find help for commands (and discovering which commands exist) for a book. It's not a trivial task at all.