redis-cli should include basic help

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$ redis-cli
redis> help
Unknown command 'help'

For newbies (like me), it would be nice to get a command summary or pointer to 
a wiki page or something.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mper...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 8:31

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I started looking at this and thought about implementing some help, but I ended 
up not being sure what should be there. The command list is essentially what 
you'll see if you go to the Redis homepage and look at the commands, so it 
didn't seem useful -- and it would be likely to get out of date, too. Any ideas 
about what sort of help would be useful would be good, though.

Original comment by masono...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 8:48

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I would just put a URL link to a wiki page if you are worried about it going 
out of date.  Remember though that Redis will change over time - a wiki page 
with 2.0 commands isn't as useful if I'm running redis-cli 1.2.6.  Anything 
will help more than "unknown command" though.

PS I don't see a command list on the Redis home page.

Original comment by mper...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 8:53

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Yes, I can see that the link might not go to a page with the appropriate list 
of commands. I'll look again at whether something quick and sensible can be 
added.

The command list is here: http://code.google.com/p/redis/wiki/CommandReference

Original comment by masono...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 11:23

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Fixed, redis-cli in Redis master is able to reply to "help" with some basic 
information.

Cheers,
Salvatore

Original comment by anti...@gmail.com on 30 Aug 2010 at 1:57

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