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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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marrgol wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 2025-03-27 at 22:05 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>> You could have it easier with getopt ...
>>>>
>>>> Last I checked, getopt doesn’t do long options.
>>>
>>> You should check again.
>> 
>> ldo@theon:~> help getopt
>> getopts: getopts optstring name [arg ...]
>> […]
>
> You're quoting help to 'getopts' shell built-in command --
> you are mistaking it for 'getopt' program from util-linux.

$ man getopt_long
getopt(3)            Library Functions Manual              getopt(3)

NAME
       getopt,  getopt_long,  getopt_long_only,  optarg, optind, opterr, optopt -
       Parse command-line options

The getopt family is a pain in the ass. I wrote my own command-line parsing,
though I do not use it in legacy apps.

-- 
Overcoming
 
Water overcomes the stone;
Without substance it requires no opening;
This is the benefit of taking no action.
Yet benefit without action,
And experience without abstraction,
Are practiced by very few.
		-- Lao Tse, "Tao Te Ching"