Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:55:49 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting value out of "man getopts" Message-ID: <55BFD555.4090609@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPi0psvd4OGZbuD0ixD8fCM1Ruhr01WzYiAM_kOn%2Bi7RrUwV0Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPi0psusiWhyuG52jNRMgwShPuj0djMUb=nO6S=qG9V_9xc-RQ@mail.gmail.com> <55BFCC52.3030403@sneakertech.com> <CAPi0psvd4OGZbuD0ixD8fCM1Ruhr01WzYiAM_kOn%2Bi7RrUwV0Q@mail.gmail.com>
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> I'm interested in getopts with an 's', which is a built-in command. That's what I assume, but once in a while you get someone who's confused so I always double check. > And I think I understand why "man getopts" shows me a largely useless > page. Builtin commands might exist for many different shells and the > man infrastructure doesn't necessarily know which shell's > documentation to display... so it gives just a generic manual. Yeah, you got it. (I started typing exactly that up before I instead decided to clarify first.). >Still > leaves me wondering where I am supposed to go for csh's getopts man > page. Built-ins don't have one, it's why you get the generic. You should instead just google search for getopts under csh to find a guide. Unfortunately I can't help you personally here- I gave up on csh ages ago so I only know getops on bourne-derived shells. (Personally I'd strongly encourage you to give up on csh too, I've never understood why FreeBSD still uses it as a default in this day and age. If you don't want to install bash or zsh or something at least do yourself a favor and use tcsh, your sanity will thank you later).
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