Keep getting error messages in ghostscript when using the documented ghostscript syntax

Question

I am new to ghostscript and I cannot figure out the syntax. Whenever I try the simplest of commands ex -h or -? I get an error and I have tried them in all sorts of combinations

Answer 1

You're inside the PostScript interpreter and what you're entering isn't PostScript.

You need to run the exe on the command line with -h (there are a couple of binaries in the distribution, one will respond correctly).