Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 01:18:05 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> To: Fuzzy <fuzzy@pooh.ASARian.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scripting problems Message-ID: <20020907081805.GA76893@vectors.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0209070250210.1249-100000@pooh.ASARian.org> References: <20020907021348.GB24498@hades.hell.gr> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0209070250210.1249-100000@pooh.ASARian.org>
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that's odd. on my system, man getopt has a very nice, descriptive manpage. no problem. this is what you're looking for: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=getopt -Adam >> (09.07.2002 @ 0003 PST): Fuzzy said, in 0.8K: << > > I want to write a wrapper shell script for a program, > and check its options and arguments for validity, > before calling the binary. > > I can't find an understandable example of /bin/sh's > getopt. Would anyone have an example they could send me? > > man getopt just lists the builtin commands and > there isn't a man /usr/bin/getopt. The book I use, > "Unix in a Nutshell" only lists the syntax and has > no examples. > > Thanks. > > -- > Fuzzy _ > fuzzy @ asarian.org - ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > - against HTML, vCards and X > - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> end of "scripting problems" from Fuzzy << -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx http://vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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