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		Wevah on April 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: -h –Help -help Help –? –? And (e.g.) OpenSSL IS `openssl version`, with no dashes at all.

saghm on April 12, 2022 [–]

To be fair, when deciding how to implement CLI options, it's probably advisable to run as far away as you can from drawing any sort of inspiration from openssl. Even git looks like a paragon of UX compared to the openssl CLI.

account42 on April 12, 2022 | [–]

You don't think that -text -noout is an intuitive way to output something as text?

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