Getting value out of "man getopts"

William A. Mahaffey III wam at hiwaay.net
Mon Aug 3 20:42:03 UTC 2015


On 08/03/15 14:50, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I type "man getopts" I am presented with a useless list of
> "built-in commands".  At least it seems useless to me but that's
> probably because I am a dunce.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Why does "man getopts" not help me with "getopts"?
>
> 2. Where can I get help with "getopts" (syntax, usage, etc)?  I am
> using /bin/csh.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris


My getopts man page says there is no 'getopts' under csh .... 9.3R-p20, 
YMMV, IANAL & all that rot ....

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