fix: help flags preprocessing for -h and -help#707
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Problem
Users expect
-hand-helpto show help, but:-his interpreted as the header rows flag-helpis not recognizedRoot Cause
The pflag library expects
--helpfor help display, but legacy sqlcmd users may use-hor-help.Code Change
Added
preprocessHelpFlags()incmd/sqlcmd/sqlcmd.gothat:-helpto--help-h(not followed by a number) to-?-h <number>for backward-compatible header countTesting