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Commandline help text not correct (e.g., "-f,--fetch <FILE>" does not use a file) #2016

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JabRef version 3.5 Windows 10 x64

Steps to reproduce:

  1. java -jar JabRef-3.5.jar -h
  2. Look at output

See http://help.jabref.org/en/CommandLine

<FILE> is always used as argument name. This is wrong for some command line items, for example -f,--fetch <FILE> is used as "--fetch=Medline:cancer". The correct help entry would be -f, --fetch <SearchTerm> with an explanation how <SearchTerm> must be used.
For some arguments a filename and some additional information (separated by comma, e.g., for -i) can be given. <FILE> is also not correct there.

Same problem exists for:

-d,--prdef <FILE>
 -i,--import <FILE>
    --importToOpen <FILE> 
-m,--exportMatches <FILE> 
-o,--output <FILE> 

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