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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+
+common.skipIfInspectorDisabled();
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const execFile = require('child_process').execFile;
+
+const mainScript = fixtures.path('loop.js');
+const expected =
+  '`node --debug` and `node --debug-brk` are invalid. ' +
+  'Please use `node --inspect` and `node --inspect-brk` instead.';
+for (const invalidArg of ['--debug-brk', '--debug']) {
+  execFile(
+    process.execPath,
+    [invalidArg, mainScript],
+    common.mustCall((error, stdout, stderr) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(error.code, 9, `node ${invalidArg} should exit 9`);
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        stderr.includes(expected),
+        true,
+        `${stderr} should include '${expected}'`
+      );
+    })
+  );
+}