When executing
./bitcoin-qt -help
I do see
Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet on startup
So, the functionality should still be available from within the bitcoin-qt executable in 0.20.1.
This being said, doing "nothing" is what it's supposed to do... It shouldn't give you any warning messages or popups... The command should just run and close without giving any additional message. It should have created a backup copy of your wallet file (with a .bak) extension and the wallet file itself should have been salvaged.
I have no idear what the success ratio is tough... I guess it's possible bitcoin core finds your wallet is not salvagable.
Be carefull with sending wallet files to anybody... If you must send your wallet file to somebody because you really can't figure stuff out, make sure you only send it to somebody you trust.