JDK-6324292 : keytool -help is unhelpful
- Type: Bug
- Component: security-libs
- Sub-Component: java.security
- Affected Version: 6
- Priority: P3
- Status: Resolved
- Resolution: Fixed
- OS: generic
- CPU: generic
- Submitted: 2005-09-15
- Updated: 2017-05-16
- Resolved: 2009-10-09
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Description
keytool -help prints out very long usage instructions that are more likely to intimidate users than help them. One suggestion courtesy of ###@###.### was to have "keytool -help" list only the commands (without their options) and then have a "keytool -help command" that lists the details.
In other words, something roughly like:
% keytool -help
Usage:
keytool <command> <options>
Valid commands are:
-certreq, -list, ...
Type "keytool -help <command>" for more information about a command.
% keytool -help list
Usage:
keytool -list [-v | -rfc] [-protected]
[-alias <alias>]
[-keystore <keystore>] [-storepass <storepass>]
[-storetype <storetype>] [-providername <name>]
[-providerclass <provider_class_name> [-providerarg <arg>]] ...
[-providerpath <pathlist>]
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