Most scripts contain 'help text' that can be displayed within the UNIX prompt. The help text describes the arguments supported by the script, and is therefore a valuable reference tool if documentation is not to hand.
To display the help text, simply enter the name of the script followed by -h argument. For example, to check the arguments supported by the script full_dbdump, you would navigate to the /usr/opt/blcmp/backup/bin directory and type the following command:
full_dbdump -h
The screen displays the supported arguments, as shown below: