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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 index 9c1d60a..0fc84c4 100644 --- a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 +++ b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ .Nm args=\`getopt Ar optstring $*\` ; errcode=$?; set \-\- $args .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Getopt -is used to break up options in command lines for easy parsing by +The +.Nm +utility is used to break up options in command lines for easy parsing by shell procedures, and to check for legal options. .Ar Optstring is a string of recognized option letters (see @@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ separated from it by white space. The special option .Ql \-\- is used to delimit the end of the options. -.Nm Getopt -will place +The +.Nm +utility will place .Ql \-\- in the arguments at the end of the options, or recognize it if used explicitly. @@ -87,8 +89,9 @@ cmd \-a \-oarg \-\- file file .Xr sh 1 , .Xr getopt 3 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.Nm Getopt -prints an error message on the standard error output and exits with +The +.Nm +utility prints an error message on the standard error output and exits with status > 0 when it encounters an option letter not included in .Ar optstring . .Sh HISTORY |
