From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Aug 3 21:56:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C76229B21E0 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 21:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrisstankevitz@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x22a.google.com (mail-ig0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9577F105B for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 21:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrisstankevitz@gmail.com) Received: by igbij6 with SMTP id ij6so63020530igb.1 for ; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:56:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=CFvgsvrzzUjjddwJxtTNtgo2gb+cxmsDUIsYLm1kyOM=; b=IHHo10EH+GIY9jljjHC5d11z/nCKrIn6MfNIgxIokpql8hO1VEnaNM916V+lvu1Ix+ GbOobwtfDwUyoTojdMDT1A9n6J3fleNxd8jTZzzlh3qNVO2LGFz7fl0xhdN/ltkg5fqy ftfzwQ06Wxdtf9bPIlIRHReRK3uZSYCTKw1MWSZOSR+lrd1fOjHfgMCiz1aaQ3AKPxad mwkpl+IrVuQyfXDXVPSOP62tlZOyepPrHKsKUfJaKZkwTg+Rzq2cSJQIvmuUML87muO9 pIiwUrutked3eqT3trIpk5oXtFB0ym0abUMtltirFdKi5xrT2gDCH0kpMo4Mo8AK//7R ya1Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.93.69 with SMTP id cs5mr24571749igb.4.1438638987961; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:56:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.79.111.205 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:56:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:56:27 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Getting value out of "man getopts" From: Chris Stankevitz To: Christian Weisgerber Cc: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:56:28 -0000 On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Further down, the "useless" builtin(1) man page says that getopts > is only a builtin in sh(1) and not available in csh(1). Christian: I apologize for using the term "useless" -- I should have instead said "apparently useless to me but I am a dunce and I probably don't get it hence I am making this post asking for help". I tried to communicate this in my OP by saying "at least it seems useless to me but that's probably because I am a dunce." All: thank for your help. I now understand why "man getopts" and "man csh" are not helpful in explaining getopts. I see that "man sh" shows some info about getopts. I apologize to all I offended, particularly Sheldon Hearn, author of "man builtin". Chris