Inconsistent behavior between --help and -h options in Caliper CLI

[argbet21]

Which Caliper version are you using?

0.6.0

Which Node.JS version are you using?

20.18.1

Which operating system are you using?

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

Please provide some context for your error. For example, when did the error occur? What were you trying to achieve, and how?

I was exploring the CLI help options of Caliper to familiarize myself with available commands and noticed a discrepancy in outputs between the --help and -h options.

What was the observed incorrect behavior?

The output of npx caliper --help differs from npx caliper -h. Specifically:

npx caliper --help outputs:

Options:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]

npx caliper -h outputs:

caliper <command>

Commands:
  caliper bind [options]       Bind Caliper to a specific SUT and its SDK version
  caliper launch <subcommand>  Launch a Caliper process either in a manager or worker role.
  caliper unbind [options]     Unbind Caliper from a previously bound SUT and its SDK version
  caliper completion           generate completion script

Options:
  --help, -h  Show usage information  [boolean]
  --version   Show version information  [boolean]

Examples:
  caliper bind
  caliper unbind
  caliper launch manager
  caliper launch worker

For more information on Hyperledger Caliper: https://hyperledger.github.io/caliper/

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[davidkel]

Could be an issue with the version of yargs being used
yargs/yargs#1018

[shadowspawn]

This is an interaction with the nconf package being used in caliper. The truncated help command is being produced as a side-affect of CaliperUtils.getLogger() and terminating the program before it even reaches the code for the custom yargs parser.

caliper/packages/caliper-cli/caliper.js

Lines 19 to 20 in 5246025

	const { CaliperUtils } = require('@hyperledger/caliper-core');
	const Logger = CaliperUtils.getLogger('cli');