Fixes issue/wiki-and-helpmenu (#2174)

[kaitozaw]

Pull Request

Category

Bug, Documentation

Feature/Issue Description

Q: Please give a brief summary of your feature/fix
A: The CLI options defined in core/main/console/commandline.rb, the output of ./beef --help, and the Wiki documentation were inconsistent.

Q: Give a technical rundown of what you have changed (if applicable)
A:
There were two separate issues:

1. ./beef --help was not showing BeEF CLI options defined in commandline.rb, but instead displayed Rack’s help menu.
2. The Wiki has not been updated to reflect the current CLI options.

This PR addresses (1) by parsing BeEF CLI options early in the startup script (beef) before loading the core framework and (2) by updating the Wiki to reflect the current CLI options.

In addition, this PR includes minor CLI style improvements:

• Long option names were normalized to use dashes instead of underscores.
• Short options were reduced to a single character, as required by Ruby’s OptionParser.

Wiki Page

https://github.com/beefproject/beef/wiki/Configuration#launching-beef

[kaitozaw]

Issue (2) can be addressed by updating the Wiki; please grant edit access if you would like me to follow up with that change.

[zinduolis]

I've noticed there still --ascii_art in the documentation: https://github.com/beefproject/beef/wiki/Configuration#launching-beef

Could you please update the document? Thanks

[kaitozaw]

Sorry for confusion, but '--ascii_art' command is still there. It's in line 43.

[zinduolis]

it's now '--ascii-art', with the dash in the middle, not underscore 😎

[kaitozaw]

Sorry, just updated
https://github.com/beefproject/beef/wiki/Configuration#launching-beef

[zinduolis]

Could you please remove the no longer needed code rather than commenting out? It'll keep the code clean. In case we need it in the future, we should figure it out quickly with AI

[kaitozaw]

Deleting this part? Or also exit 0?

            # opts.on('-i', '--interactive', 'Starts with the Console Shell activated') do
            #  @options[:interactive] = true
            # end

[zinduolis]

it's not a part of help, thus redundant, please delete, thanks

[zinduolis]

Summary
This PR fixes the issue where Rack hijacked the -h flag, preventing BeEF's help menu from showing. It also standardizes flags to kebab-case (e.g., --ascii-art) while maintaining full backward compatibility.

Verification (Manual Testing) ✅
I have manually verified the following on Linux:

• Help Menu: ./beef -h now correctly shows BeEF options instead of Rack options.
• Refactored Flags:
  • --ascii-art / -a: Works (Banner prints).
  • --update-disabled / -d: Works (Update check skipped).
  • --update-auto / -u: Works (Auto-update triggered).
• Backward Compatibility: Verified that legacy snake_case flags (e.g. --ascii_art) still work.
• Issue Update ./beef launch flags in wiki and --help menu #2174: Validated that the Wiki is now fully aligned with these code changes.