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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package sanity;
+
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary make sure various basic java options work
+ * @library /test/lib
+ *
+ * @run driver sanity.BasicVMTest
+ */
+public class BasicVMTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        List<String> flags = List.of(
+                "-version",
+                "-Xinternalversion",
+                "-X",
+                "-help");
+        for (String flag : flags) {
+            ProcessTools.executeTestJvm(flag)
+                        .shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+        }
+    }
+}