ssh is too complex and a --help option would be a simplistic lie. However, it has an awesome manpage, and this is where the documentation should be. > Am 23.06.2014 um 11:44 schrieb anatoly techtonik <techtonik@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi, > > tmux author refuses to add -h, --help option, because OpenSSH > does not have it [1]. I don't see why convenience features of tmux > should depend on OpenSSH, but because I have no other choice > (and got curious) I ask here - why OpenSSH doesn't provide -h or > --help option? > > I use PuTTY as my client, which processes --help option, and for > `ssh` binary I usually use Google + StackOverflow. Having --help > option that works as an human friendly entrypoint for more > information about command would certainly save some time. > > Current output from `ssh --help`: > usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] > [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile] > [-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] > [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port] > [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path] > [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] [user@]hostname [command] > > Proposed output: > C:\Program Files\Git\bin>ssh.exe --87 > usage: ssh [options] [user@]hostname [command] > > options: > -h --help show this help > -v --verbose increase verbosity > --version show version > > -p port port if different from default (default:22) > -l login_name > -i identity_file > -F configfile > > tunnel options: > -D [bind_address:]port run SOCKS server > -L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport > connect local port to remote host > -R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport > forward local port for remote > access at host:hostport > > use ssh --help --verbose to show more options. > > > These can be expanded in `ssh -h -v`. I don't remember what these mean. > > [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] > [-e escape_char] > [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] > [-S ctl_path] > [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] > > > 1. http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/mailman/message/32480639/ > > -- > anatoly t. > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
