On Thu May 09 02:25:27 2013, ppisar wrote: > On 2013-05-09, James E Keenan via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote: > > I agree that the two current error messages are rather ... skimpy. > > > > But I'm not sure that you're suggestion of adding on "See manual or > > perldoc page for usage help" adds much. > > After user realizes the switch is wrong, he wants to know correct usage. > Unfortunately `find2perl -h' or `find2perl --help' do not help > either. Pointing to the manual directly saves headaches. That's my > motivation. I'm inclined to agree with Jim here. If a user tries something with a command-line tool they expect to work and it doesn't, reaching for the documentation should be their first impulse, not something we need to prompt them to do. Also: tony@mars:.../git/bse$ find -h find: unknown predicate `-h' Tony --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=117649Thread Next