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Old 06-26-2008
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Question getopts question

could anyone please tell me what this will automatically set my variable all=True....

Code:
#!/bin/sh
all=FALSE

while getopts a: option
do
   case "option"
   in
     a) all=TRUE;;
    /?) echo "...... "
         exit 1;;
    esac
done

if [ "$all"=TRUE ]
then
    echo "true"
else
    echo "false"
fi
if i do $ foo -a ls .. it will echo true
if i do $ foo ls (without the -a) it will still echo true.... why????

thanks

if possible, please explain when I need to do something like:
while getopts a: option (do i need the colon ? )

and what is the difference between $# and $OPTIND ?
 

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