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Timeline for Handling long-options with getopts

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Dec 30, 2021 at 14:15 history undeleted terdon
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Nov 13, 2021 at 5:04 history edited user313992 CC BY-SA 4.0
no point in being overly honest with this bunch of xxx xxx
Oct 31, 2021 at 16:41 comment added Vera What is the purpose of a leading : with getopt(1)? Why does it shut up error messages?
Oct 31, 2021 at 12:42 history edited user313992 CC BY-SA 4.0
END instead of START with : the arg taking options
Oct 31, 2021 at 12:13 history edited user313992 CC BY-SA 4.0
fix %% and quotes
Oct 31, 2021 at 12:02 comment added ilkkachu Might want to use ${OPTARG%%=*} in the first one too (with double %%). The second one has something wrong with recognizing invalid options, e.g. --xyz comes up as xyzsilent (and --sil comes up as silsilent too). But you did say it wasn't properly debugged anyway. Might be easier to just drop support for abbreviated long options.
Oct 31, 2021 at 11:34 comment added Vera Does getopt also take a leading colon? Could I check for : and ? with getopt as well?
Oct 31, 2021 at 11:29 history answered user313992 CC BY-SA 4.0