From ac0b55e50a3c48a6ec1b15265d466cee3b83ef3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Remy Sharp <remy@remysharp.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 14:59:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: redirect help (#1825)

Fixes: #1807

Allows for nodemon --help > help.txt
---
 lib/nodemon.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/nodemon.js b/lib/nodemon.js
index b3badea7..ce649cb6 100644
--- a/lib/nodemon.js
+++ b/lib/nodemon.js
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ function nodemon(settings) {
   }
 
   if (settings.help) {
-    process.stdout._handle.setBlocking(true); // nodejs/node#6456
+    if (process.stdout.isTTY) {
+      process.stdout._handle.setBlocking(true); // nodejs/node#6456
+    }
     console.log(help(settings.help));
     if (!config.required) {
       process.exit(0);