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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, if I didn't use a correct flag, my next command will probably include -h / --help

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

You aren't wrong, it wouldn't be bad for it to just print the help in that case, at least when running interactive.

For automation, printing the full help of a more complex command would completely trash logs.