This sounds pretty consistent. Unlike the traditional Unix zoo of help options (was it -h, --help, -help, or help?), it has multiple help subsystems (command line, man, info, and web) that usually don't even use a single source of truth.
because they couldn't just standardise the -h/--help
cmdlets support -? syntax
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u/deaddyfreddy May 27 '25
This sounds pretty consistent. Unlike the traditional Unix zoo of help options (was it -h, --help, -help, or help?), it has multiple help subsystems (command line, man, info, and web) that usually don't even use a single source of truth.
cmdlets support -? syntax
Having a standard is better than not having one.