rofl0r / rofl0r/proxychains-ng

Add --version (or -v) command line switch

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Description

If proxychains is installed from a package repo, or comes with a distro, the user can't easily tell what version they're on.

 proxychains4 --help

Usage:  proxychains4 -q -f config_file program_name [arguments]
        -q makes proxychains quiet - this overrides the config setting
        -f allows one to manually specify a configfile to use
        for example : proxychains telnet somehost.com
More help in README file

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Research direction

Start at the proxychains4 command-line entry point and inspect how -q, -f, and --help are handled. Add a --version or -v path that reports the installed version, and verify that proxychains4 --help and the new switch produce the expected command-line output.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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