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| author | jilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-02-22 21:32:57 +0000 |
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| committer | jilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-02-22 21:32:57 +0000 |
| commit | d2889adcc557fdb9d7b6db385ac12ceeafedd6c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f7954a93c2aab689f58fd399eb9b0d86ae6bb0d /bin | |
| parent | 2a7963a7ec9f4cf4eeaf47a02f2126c04249cdd1 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d2889adcc557fdb9d7b6db385ac12ceeafedd6c9.zip FreeBSD-src-d2889adcc557fdb9d7b6db385ac12ceeafedd6c9.tar.gz | |
sh: Add details about importing the environment and initializing OPTIND.
Diffstat (limited to 'bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/sh/sh.1 | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index fa68720..b22a98f 100644 --- a/bin/sh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 14, 2014 +.Dd February 22, 2015 .Dt SH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1196,17 +1196,18 @@ command is implemented as a special built-in command. .Ss Variables and Parameters The shell maintains a set of parameters. A parameter -denoted by a name is called a variable. +denoted by a name +(consisting solely +of alphabetics, numerics, and underscores, +and starting with an alphabetic or an underscore) +is called a variable. When starting up, -the shell turns all the environment variables into shell +the shell turns all environment variables with valid names into shell variables. New variables can be set using the form .Pp .D1 Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value .Pp -Variables set by the user must have a name consisting solely -of alphabetics, numerics, and underscores. -The first letter of a variable name must not be numeric. A parameter can also be denoted by a number or a special character as explained below. .Pp @@ -1369,6 +1370,10 @@ This variable overrides the .Va MAIL setting. There is a maximum of 10 mailboxes that can be monitored at once. +.It Va OPTIND +The index of the next argument to be processed by +.Ic getopts . +This is initialized to 1 at startup. .It Va PATH The default search path for executables. See the @@ -2297,6 +2302,8 @@ If an invalid option is encountered, is set to .Ql \&? . It returns a false value (1) when it encounters the end of the options. +A new set of arguments may be parsed by assigning +.Li OPTIND=1 . .It Ic hash Oo Fl rv Oc Op Ar command ... The shell maintains a hash table which remembers the locations of commands. With no arguments whatsoever, the @@ -2771,7 +2778,7 @@ This is inherited by children of the shell, and is used in the history editing modes. .El .Pp -Additionally, all environment variables are turned into shell variables +Additionally, environment variables are turned into shell variables at startup, which may affect the shell as described under .Sx Special Variables . |
