[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #30258] Another minor: missing "FILE" from --help output

[Jake]

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                 Summary: Another minor: missing "FILE" from --help output
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: epy
            Submitted on: Fri 25 Jun 2010 01:53:49 AM GMT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.2.3
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Running octave with the --help switch produces the following:

Octave was configured for "i486-pc-linux-gnu".

Usage: octave [options]

Options:

  --debug, -d             Enter parser debugging mode.
  --doc-cache-file FILE   Use doc cache file FILE.
...

Traditionally, the help output for programs shows a file argument in the
usage text to indicate that it can read a file directly.  I realize that FILE
is at the very bottom of the options dump, but I think it'd be a lot better if
it were changed to "Usage: octave [options] FILE".  This is line 492 of
octave.cc.




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