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Help

Running a shell application often implies that the user is in a graphically limited environment. This is why it is important that the shell commands are correctly self-documented, and this is where the help command comes in.

Typing help + ENTER lists all the commands known to the shell and a short description of what they do, similar to the following:

my-shell:>help
Available commands:

Built-In Commands
       clear: Clear the terminal screen
	   help: Show help about available commands
       version: Show version info

Typing <command> -h or <command> --help shows the short help string for the given command. For more details about a command, like available parameters, their type, whether they are mandatory or not, use the help <command> syntax:

my-shell:>help version
NAME
	version - Show version info

SYNOPSIS
	version  --help

OPTIONS
	--help or -h
	help for version
	[Optional]