Getting error during running Cucumber feature file Unknown option: --plugin - cucumber

Question

Usage: java cucumber.api.cli.Main [options] [ [FILE|DIR][:LINE[:LINE]*] ]+
Options:
-g, --glue PATH Where glue code (step definitions and hooks) is loaded from.
-f, --format FORMAT[:PATH_OR_URL] How to format results. Goes to STDOUT unless PATH_OR_URL is specified.
Built-in FORMAT types: junit, html, pretty, progress, json.
FORMAT can also be a fully qualified class name.
-t, --tags TAG_EXPRESSION Only run scenarios tagged with tags matching TAG_EXPRESSION.
-n, --name REGEXP Only run scenarios whose names match REGEXP.
-d, --[no-]-dry-run Skip execution of glue code.
-m, --[no-]-monochrome Don't colour terminal output.
-s, --[no-]-strict Treat undefined and pending steps as errors.
--snippets Snippet name: underscore, camelcase
--dotcucumber PATH_OR_URL Where to write out runtime information. PATH_OR_URL can be a file system
path or a URL.
-v, --version Print version.
-h, --help You're looking at it.
Exception in thread "main" cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: Unknown option: --plugin
at cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions.parse(RuntimeOptions.java:119)
at cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions.<init>(RuntimeOptions.java:50)
at cucumber.runtime.RuntimeOptions.<init>(RuntimeOptions.java:44)
at cucumber.api.cli.Main.run(Main.java:20)
at cucumber.api.cli.Main.main(Main.java:16)
I am getting this error during running my feature file.
PoM dependency is given below and I am using 3.2.4 Spring version with cucumber veriosn 1.1.5

Answer 1

Looks like you are using a very old version of cucumber-jvm that is looking for
--format
instead of
--plugin
The latest cucumber-jvm usage text can be found here.
Get the latest cucumber-jvm from the Maven repository as described here or here.

Answer 2

Either its related with JAR library(ies) version mismatch or plugin(cucumber-eclipse-plugin) mismatch.
look Here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cukes/1urjr3ASq78

Answer 3

I was also facing similar issue. The cucumber jars were old. So I updated it as below using maven repository
<properties>
<cucumber.version>6.10.3</cucumber.version>
</properties>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
NOTE: you can find the latest cucumber java in maven repository at this link Cucumber jars maven dependency