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Wrong explanation of getopts
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Roland Illig |
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Wrong explanation of getopts |
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Sun, 15 Sep 2019 21:57:44 +0200 |
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The help text of getopts says:
> Getopts normally parses the positional parameters ($0 - $9), but if
> more arguments are given, they are parsed instead.
The positional parameter $0 (is it even called that way) is not parsed
by getopts. Its only use might be in error messages, but I'm not sure
about it.
The "instead" in "they are parsed instead" is totally wrong. $1 to $9
are always parsed, no matter if there are more than 10 positional
parameters or not.
- Wrong explanation of getopts,
Roland Illig <=