Re: Handling getopt for option without optional argument value

[Greg Wooledge]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 07:43:41PM +0200, lisa-asket@perso.be wrote:
> Look, this all started because people started giving me shit for using getopt.

Because it's broken.

> All because getopts in supposed to be a replacement getopt,

It's not.  They work differently.  They are used differently.

Look, if you are dead set on writing scripts that *only* work on Linux,
then go ahead and use the Linux version of getopt.  It will do the
job that you want it to do.  Make sure you change your script to call
it correctly (it's not the same as the Unix getopt, and it's definitely
not the same as getopts).

Just stop posting here about it, because *we* will not support your use
of it.  We prefer scripts that at least pretend to be portable.