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pwsh command line help should not include WindowStyle on Linux and macOS. #5965
Description
WindowStyle should either be removed from the output or implement a better error message stating it is unsupported on the current platform.
pwsh -WindowStyle Normal
The argument '-WindowStyle' is not recognized as the name of a script file.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the
path is correct and try again.Steps to reproduce
pwsh -helpExpected behavior
Usage: pwsh[.exe] [[-File] <filePath> [args]]
[-Command { - | <script-block> [-args <arg-array>]
| <string> [<CommandParameters>] } ]
[-ConfigurationName <string>] [-EncodedCommand <Base64EncodedCommand>]
[-ExecutionPolicy <ExecutionPolicy>] [-InputFormat {Text | XML}]
[-Interactive] [-NoExit] [-NoLogo] [-NonInteractive] [-NoProfile]
[-OutputFormat {Text | XML}] [-Version]
Actual behavior
Usage: pwsh[.exe] [[-File] <filePath> [args]]
[-Command { - | <script-block> [-args <arg-array>]
| <string> [<CommandParameters>] } ]
[-ConfigurationName <string>] [-EncodedCommand <Base64EncodedCommand>]
[-ExecutionPolicy <ExecutionPolicy>] [-InputFormat {Text | XML}]
[-Interactive] [-NoExit] [-NoLogo] [-NonInteractive] [-NoProfile]
[-OutputFormat {Text | XML}] [-Version] [-WindowStyle <style>]
...
-WindowStyle | -w
Sets the window style to Normal, Minimized, Maximized or Hidden.Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.0
OS Darwin 17.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.3.0: Thu Nov 9 18:09:22 PST 2017; root:xnu-4570.31.3~1/RE...
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
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iSazonov commentedon Jan 20, 2018
I don't think this is a big problem. We can only document this.
What's more, we have to think about GUI on Unix - maybe it will come in handy.