Support --help and -h in elixir and iex, closes #854

Author: José Valim

bin/elixir

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ $1 = "--help" ] || [ $1 = "-h" ]; then
   echo "Usage: `basename $0` [options] [.exs file] [data]
 
-  -v                Prints version and exit
+  -v                Prints version
   -e \"command\"      Evaluates the given command (*)
   -r \"file\"         Requires the given files/patterns (*)
   -S \"script\"       Finds and executes the given script (*)
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   --erl \"switches\"  Switches to be passed down to erlang (*)
   --name \"name\"     Makes and assigns a name to the distributed node
   --sname \"name\"    Makes and assigns a short name to the distributed node
-  --remsh \"name\"    Connects to a node using a remote shell (with iex)
   --detached        Starts the Erlang VM detached from console
   --no-halt         Does not halt the Erlang VM after execution
 

bin/iex

@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+if [ $# -gt 0 ] && ([ $1 = "--help" ] || [ $1 = "-h" ]); then
+  echo "Usage: `basename $0` [options] [.exs file] [data]
+
+  -v                Prints version
+  -e \"command\"      Evaluates the given command (*)
+  -r \"file\"         Requires the given files/patterns (*)
+  -S \"script\"       Finds and executes the given script (*)
+  -pr \"file\"        Requires the given files/patterns in parallel (*)
+  -pa \"path\"        Prepends the given path to Erlang code path (*)
+  -pz \"path\"        Appends the given path to Erlang code path (*)
+  --app \"app\"       Start the given app and its dependencies (*)
+  --erl \"switches\"  Switches to be passed down to erlang (*)
+  --name \"name\"     Makes and assigns a name to the distributed node
+  --sname \"name\"    Makes and assigns a short name to the distributed node
+  --remsh \"name\"    Connects to a node using a remote shell
+
+** Options marked with (*) can be given more than once
+** Options given after the .exs file or -- are passed down to the executed code
+** Options can be passed to the erlang runtime using ELIXIR_ERL_OPTS or --erl" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 readlink_f () {
   cd "$(dirname "$1")" > /dev/null
   local filename="$(basename "$1")"