Re: getopts strange behaviour (Fedora)

[Chet Ramey]

cs@nightwish.eu.org wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i386
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: i386-redhat-linux-gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 
> -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib 
> -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -march=i386 -mcpu=i686
> uname output: Linux FC1-zalmoxe 2.4.30 #1 SMP Tue May 3 15:29:16 EEST 2005 
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 
>     getopts builtin command problem when parameters lack
> 
> Repeat-By:
> 
>     While trying to use getopts builtin bash command I encountered the 
> following problem:
> 
>     Test script:
> 
>     #!/bin/sh (/bin/bash)
>     getopts ":xy" X
>     echo $X

Try quoting the "$X" so it won't match any single-character filenames
you might have in the current directory after getopts sets it to `?'.

Chet
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