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Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:03:43 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: using of getopts in bash
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In-Reply-To:	<C9A98ED35114D31197D000805FEA668E027B188A@mucexch.muc.sdm.de>; from klaus.berndl@sdm.de on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 03:57:18PM +0100

On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 03:57:18PM +0100, klaus DOT berndl AT sdm DOT de wrote:
>>>Has anybody an easy understanding example for me how to use the bash
>>>build in command "getopts" (or where i can find such an example)??
>>>This would help me a lot...
>>
>>getopts is built into bash.  It is not built into ash.
>>/bin/sh == ash.
>>/bin/bash != /bin/sh
>
>Thank you for this information (i know this already)...but how does
>this help me in using getopts in bash-scripts??? :-)
>Does this mean you recommend not to use getopts because it´s not built in
>in ash too?
>Anyway: I WANT to use getopts...

Good for you.  Sorry that I misinterpreted your email.

You are free to use it, of course.  I don't have any examples but the
"man bash" documentation seems pretty clear.

cgf

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