sqlcmd -? not found

[dzsquared]

sqlcmd 1.1.0
macos 13.5

[stuartpa]

If the -? Is put in quotes does that fix the issue.

I think ? Might be a special character in the zsh she'll

[dzsquared]

Yep, that does it.

sqlcmd "-?"

provides output

[rwestMSFT]

For documentation purposes, is there a way to resolve this so that it provides output without the quotes? I'm hoping for something useful when a customer runs it on macOS as opposed to an error. zsh is the default shell on macOS now. -? works fine on bash.

[shueybubbles]

sqlcmd --version works for the Go sqlcmd if the goals are to tell if you are running it and to see what version it is.

[rwestMSFT]

@shueybubbles For the documentation, I want to say "Here's one command that works across all versions and platforms", and currently that's sqlcmd '-?'.

[stuartpa]

for go-sqlcmd, sqlcmd --help works across all versions and platforms. Are you looking for a command that works across go-sqlcmd and ODBC sqlcmd?

[rwestMSFT]

Yes.

For the documentation, I want to say "Here's one command that works across all versions and platforms", and currently that's sqlcmd '-?'.

[dlevy-msft]

This is the same behavior as the ODBC version due to the way mac os treats the ?.