Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:09:12 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting value out of "man getopts" Message-ID: <87h9oggjuv.fsf@elk.localnet> In-Reply-To: <CAPi0psvd4OGZbuD0ixD8fCM1Ruhr01WzYiAM_kOn%2Bi7RrUwV0Q@mail.gmail.com> (Chris Stankevitz's message of "Mon, 3 Aug 2015 13:26:48 -0700") References: <CAPi0psusiWhyuG52jNRMgwShPuj0djMUb=nO6S=qG9V_9xc-RQ@mail.gmail.com> <55BFCC52.3030403@sneakertech.com> <CAPi0psvd4OGZbuD0ixD8fCM1Ruhr01WzYiAM_kOn%2Bi7RrUwV0Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> wrote: >> Just to be 100% clear, are you referring to "getopt" or "getopts" (with the >> 's')? They're closely related and often confused. > > Quartz, > > I'm interested in getopts with an 's', which is a built-in command. > > 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. Still > leaves me wondering where I am supposed to go for csh's getopts man > page. I don't think that csh has getopts. There is some information in the sh(1) manpage, and that is the standard shell that will be used for shell scripts. The bash manpage has somewhat more, and probably ksh and zsh also. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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