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Re: B20.1: bash getopts?


Hi,

You forgot the "!" in the first line of the script:

	#!/bin/bash

Tim

Robert Story wrote:
> 
> Environment: Cygwin 20.1 beta, WinNT 4.0 build 1381 sp 4
> 
> I'm trying to run a bash script which uses getopts under cygwin. The
> script works on my linux box, but reports 'getopts not found' under
> cygwin. The bash help list getopts as a valid built-in command. The
> script in question can be reduced to :
> 
> #/bin/bash
> #
> while getopts ab flag
> do
>         case "$flag" in
>         a) echo "Flag a";;
>         b) echo "Flag b";;
>         ?) echo "Flag unknown";;
>         esac
> done
> 
> I could not find any scripts in the bin directory that use getopts.
> Should it work? Or is the help incorrect?
> 
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