tsc in powershell through Visual Studio Code stopped working correctly

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I was following along in a Udemy class and the tsc command was working properly. After taking a break for a few minutes I continued with the course and now when used it will display this:

\TypescriptTraining\07-interfaces> tsc

Version 5.3.3
tsc: The TypeScript Compiler - Version 5.3.3                                                                            
                                                                                                                     TS 
COMMON COMMANDS

  tsc
  Compiles the current project (tsconfig.json in the working directory.)

  tsc app.ts util.ts
  Ignoring tsconfig.json, compiles the specified files with default compiler options.

  tsc -b
  Build a composite project in the working directory.

  tsc --init
  Creates a tsconfig.json with the recommended settings in the working directory.

  tsc -p ./path/to/tsconfig.json
  Compiles the TypeScript project located at the specified path.

  tsc --help --all
  An expanded version of this information, showing all possible compiler options

  tsc --noEmit
  tsc --target esnext
  Compiles the current project, with additional settings.

COMMAND LINE FLAGS

     --help, -h  Print this message.

    --watch, -w  Watch input files.

          --all  Show all compiler options.

  --version, -v  Print the compiler's version.

         --init  Initializes a TypeScript project and creates a tsconfig.json file.

  --project, -p  Compile the project given the path to its configuration file, or to a folder with a 'tsconfig.json'.

    --build, -b  Build one or more projects and their dependencies, if out of date

   --showConfig  Print the final configuration instead of building.

COMMON COMPILER OPTIONS

               --pretty  Enable color and formatting in TypeScript's output to make compiler errors easier to read.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  true

      --declaration, -d  Generate .d.ts files from TypeScript and JavaScript files in your project.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  `false`, unless `composite` is set

       --declarationMap  Create sourcemaps for d.ts files.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

  --emitDeclarationOnly  Only output d.ts files and not JavaScript files.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

            --sourceMap  Create source map files for emitted JavaScript files.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

           --target, -t  Set the JavaScript language version for emitted JavaScript and include compatible library declarations.
                one of:  es3, es5, es6/es2015, es2016, es2017, es2018, es2019, es2020, es2021, es2022, esnext
               default:  es5

           --module, -m  Specify what module code is generated.
                one of:  none, commonjs, amd, umd, system, es6/es2015, es2020, es2022, esnext, node16, nodenext
               default:  undefined

                  --lib  Specify a set of bundled library declaration files that describe the target runtime environment.
           one or more:  es5, es6/es2015, es7/es2016, es2017, es2018, es2019, es2020, es2021, es2022, es2023, esnext, dom, dom.iterable, webworker, webworker.importscripts, webworker.iterable, scripthost, es2015.core, es2015.collecti                         on, es2015.generator, es2015.iterable, es2015.promise, es2015.proxy, es2015.reflect, es2015.symbol, es2015.symbol.wellknown, es2016.array.include, es2017.date, es2017.object, es2017.sharedmemory, es2017.strin                         g, es2017.intl, es2017.typedarrays, es2018.asyncgenerator, es2018.asynciterable/esnext.asynciterable, es2018.intl, es2018.promise, es2018.regexp, es2019.array, es2019.object, es2019.string, es2019.symbol/esne                         xt.symbol, es2019.intl, es2020.bigint/esnext.bigint, es2020.date, es2020.promise, es2020.sharedmemory, es2020.string, es2020.symbol.wellknown, es2020.intl, es2020.number, es2021.promise/esnext.promise, es2021                         .string, es2021.weakref/esnext.weakref, es2021.intl, es2022.array, es2022.error, es2022.intl, es2022.object, es2022.sharedmemory, es2022.string/esnext.string, es2022.regexp, es2023.array/esnext.array, es2023.                         collection/esnext.collection, esnext.intl, esnext.disposable, esnext.decorators, decorators, decorators.legacy
               default:  undefined

              --allowJs  Allow JavaScript files to be a part of your program. Use the 'checkJS' option to get errors from these files.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

              --checkJs  Enable error reporting in type-checked JavaScript files.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

                  --jsx  Specify what JSX code is generated.
                one of:  preserve, react, react-native, react-jsx, react-jsxdev
               default:  undefined

              --outFile  Specify a file that bundles all outputs into one JavaScript file. If 'declaration' is true, also designates a file that bundles all .d.ts output.

               --outDir  Specify an output folder for all emitted files.

       --removeComments  Disable emitting comments.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

               --noEmit  Disable emitting files from a compilation.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

               --strict  Enable all strict type-checking options.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

                --types  Specify type package names to be included without being referenced in a source file.

      --esModuleInterop  Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports' for type compatibility.
                  type:  boolean
               default:  false

You can learn about all of the compiler options at https://aka.ms/tsc

I tried using it on a specific file and it generated .js files for all the .ts files in the folder instead of just the specified one. Then I tried just tsc again and it gave me the previous chunk of common commands.

  • show exactly what commands you ran.

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