Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:49:01 +0100 From: Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@burggraben.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNU style getopt problem Message-ID: <20130204174900.GA93932@elch.exwg.net> In-Reply-To: <1359729741318-5782951.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1359717012393-5782884.post@n5.nabble.com> <20130201113618.GA2371@reindeer.exwg.net> <1359729522801-5782949.post@n5.nabble.com> <1359729741318-5782951.post@n5.nabble.com>
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## Beeblebrox (zaphod@berentweb.com): > Interesting - when I switch to bash and try it: > getopt --help 2> &1 | grep long > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `&' Ah, bash... > while this one gives no message - I guess I'll try a test with this. > $ getopt --help 2>&1 | grep long After I re-checked this: only "2>&1" is correct and (hopefully) portable, everything else "may or may not work", that is, fail on every other different platform/shell. Regards, Christoph -- Spare Space
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