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On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 20:45:59 +0000 (UTC)
Christian Weisgerber wrote:


> > Questions:
> > 1. Why does "man getopts" not help me with "getopts"?
> 
> Because getopts only exists as a shell built-in, not as a standalone
> command.  Maybe you were thinking of getopt(1).


$ which  getopts
/usr/bin/getopts

It is implemented in sh, but it does exist.