Workaround for error adstpall.sh: too few arguments specified when stopping the EBS 12.2 server processes

ebs@ebsserver1.oric.no 35642926]$ $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adstpall.sh –skipNM -skipAdmin
 
You are running adstpall.sh version 120.22.12020000.7
 
 
Enter the WebLogic Server password:
adstpall.sh: too few arguments specified.
 
USAGE:  adstpall.sh  [-skipNM] [-skipAdmin] [-nothreading]
        adstpall.sh  -secureapps [-skipNM] [-skipAdmin]
        adstpall.sh -nodbchk [-skipNM] [-skipAdmin]
        adstpall.sh -mode=allnodes
 
 
adstpall.sh: exiting with status 1

Reason: You have copied the text directly from step 5 in the documentation

Turns out the docs use a different dash character than the expected one. The one used in the documentation is most likely copied from MS word or similar, which is interpreted differently than the regular dash character:

Incorrect: –skipNM
Correct:   -skipNM

In other words, the documented command below is incorrect:

$ $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adstpall.sh –skipNM -skipAdmin

Workaround: execute it with the correct dash

$ $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adstpall.sh -skipNM -skipAdmin

Thanks to Marco DeDecker from Oracle Netherlands for finding and pointing out this error.