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+#! /bin/sh
+case "$1" in
+  (-*) : ;; # ignore all options
+  ('') { for directory in `echo "$NOISE_PATH" | tr : \ ` ; do
+          for module in "$directory"/* ; do
+            echo `basename "$module"` `$module --help`
+          done 2>/dev/null
+        done
+        ## print all documented built-in commands
+        sed -n 's:^noise_\([a-z]\+\)() { # \(.\+\)\?$:\1 \2:p' "$NOISE"
+    } | sort | uniq | sed -n '
+      $s/$//
+      s:^\([a-z]\+\) \(.\+\):type /\1 to \2:p' ;;
+  (*)
+    ## call
+    for directory in `echo "$NOISE_PATH" | tr : \ ` ; do
+      for module in "$directory/$1" ; do
+        if test -e $module ; then
+          shift
+          exec $module --help --verbose "$@" 2>&1
+        fi
+      done
+    done
+esac