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1 | This package contains a reimplementation of getopt(1). |
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| 3 | PREFACE | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | Getopt(1) is a program to help shell scripts parse command-line parameters. | |
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6 | |
| 7 | HIGHLIGHTS | |
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| 9 | It can do anything that the GNU getopt(3) routines can do. | |
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| 11 | It can cope with spaces and shell metacharacters within arguments. | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | It can parse long parameters. | |
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| 15 | It can shuffle parameters, so you can mix options and other parameters on | |
| 16 | the command-line. | |
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| 18 | It can be easily identified as an enhanced getopt(1) from within shell scripts. | |
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| 20 | It can report parse errors as coming from the shell script. | |
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| 22 | It is fully compatible with other getopt(1) implementations. | |
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| 24 | COPYING | |
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| 89c6bb4d | 26 | This program comes under the GNU general public license version 2. See the |
| 2b6fc908 | 27 | file COPYING included in this package. Note that though you may freely |
| 89c6bb4d | 28 | copy it, it is copyright (c) 1997-2005 by Frodo Looijaard |
| cf6d7fae | 29 | <frodo@frodo.looijaard.name>. |
| 89c6bb4d | 30 | Files in the gnu directory are from glibc-2.0.4: copyright (C) 1987, 88, |
| 2b6fc908 | 31 | 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |