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src: try to open `man 1 node` on Unix for --help

Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/Fishrock123/spawn-man-for-help into master

Pull Request check-list

  • Does make -j8 test (UNIX) or vcbuild test nosign (Windows) pass with this change (including linting)?
  • Is the commit message formatted according to CONTRIBUTING.md?

Affected core subsystem(s)

src,node

Description of change

Make node -h attempt to open man 1 node on Unix.

I've seen this in some other programs, and quite frankly the man page is way better than the printed help, since man has syntax formatting and adapts to the terminal's width.

WIP, will fix everything up if people like it. mostly done

cc @nodejs/ctc?

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