From ed5c4c0b5017895a8f8b08f89d302f6bf6db3aee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaekwon Bang <jaekwon.bang@lge.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:48:38 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Add how to use -e option

---
 src/fosslight_scanner/_help.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/fosslight_scanner/_help.py b/src/fosslight_scanner/_help.py
index 9a9951a..46cec0d 100644
--- a/src/fosslight_scanner/_help.py
+++ b/src/fosslight_scanner/_help.py
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
             -f <formats> [<format> ...]\t    FOSSLight Report file format ({', '.join(SUPPORT_FORMAT)})
                                      * Compare mode result file: supports excel, json, yaml, html
                                      * Multiple formats can be specified separated by space.
-            -e <path>\t\t    Path to exclude from analysis (ex, -e [dir] [file])
+            -e <path>\t\t    Path to exclude from analysis (files and directories)
+                                     * IMPORTANT: Always wrap patterns in double quotes ("") to avoid shell expansion.
+                                       Example) fosslight -e "test/abc.py" "*.jar"
             -o <output>\t\t    Output directory or file
             -c <number>\t\t    Number of processes to analyze source
             -r\t\t\t    Keep raw data