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raghavan chockalingam commented on KAFKA-6971: ---------------------------------------------- With Kafka version {{2.11-1.1.0}}, both commands (kafka-console-consumer.sh, kafka-console-producer.sh) in {{tools}} directory prints all the options when no arguments are passed. {{kafka-console-producer.sh}} alone does not print all options with switch {{--help}} unless I have missed something completely. > Passing in help flag to kafka-console-producer should print arg options > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-6971 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-6971 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: core, producer > Affects Versions: 1.1.0 > Reporter: Yeva Byzek > Priority: Minor > Labels: newbie > > {{kafka-console-consumer --help}} prints "help is not a recognized option" as > well as output of options > {{kafka-console-producer --help}} prints "help is not a recognized option" > but no output of options > Possible solutions: > (a) Enhance {{kafka-console-producer}} to also print out all options when a > user passes in an unrecognized option > (b) Enhance both {{kafka-console-producer}} and {{kafka-console-consumer}} to > legitimately accept the {{--help}} flag -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)