# Ri commandline interface chnages

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-commandline-interface-chnages/173738>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 14, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-commandline-interface-chnages/173738 "2009-08-14T00:49:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-commandline-interface-chnages/173738/1 "2009-08-14T00:49:43Z")

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What happened to ri command’s --list-names option? A script of mine  
was dependent on that and now that I’ve upgraded my rdoc installation  
it’s gone.

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**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-commandline-interface-chnages/173738/2 "2009-08-14T01:30:06Z")

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On Aug 13, 2009, at 15:49, Intransition wrote:

> What happened to ri command’s --list-names option? A script of mine  
> was dependent on that and now that I’ve upgraded my rdoc installation  
> it’s gone.

it’s just ri

PS: welcome back

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**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-commandline-interface-chnages/173738/3 "2009-08-14T08:43:12Z")

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On Aug 13, 7:29 pm, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> On Aug 13, 2009, at 15:49, Intransition wrote:
> 
> > What happened to ri command’s --list-names option? A script of mine  
> > was dependent on that and now that I’ve upgraded my rdoc installation  
> > it’s gone.
> 
> it’s just ri

ah, cool. albeit --list-names used to give the methods too. but  
that’s okay. I was able to gather the information from the directory  
entries using the -l option.

> PS: welcome back

well, I’m going to keep my distance, but I decided I would at least  
try to “finish” the projects I started. thanks though.