praat --version (return code: 0)
Praat 6.0.30 (July 22 2017)
praat --help (return code: 0)
Usage: praat [options] script-file-name [script-arguments]
Options:
--open regard the command line as files to be opened in the GUI
--run regard the command line as a script to run, with its arguments
(--run is superfluous when you use a Console or Terminal)
--no-pref-files don't read or write the preferences file and the buttons file
--no-plugins don't activate the plugins
--pref-dir=DIR set the preferences directory to DIR
--version print the Praat version
--help print this list of command line options
-a, --ansi Windows only: use ISO Latin-1 encoding instead of UTF-16LE
(this option is needed when you redirect to a pipe or file)