Yes, I am use $'…' to quote. Trying various ways, I get the following. I must be staring at this too much. I've been trying to search for examples, but there aren't many that use this format. Most getopts example use the simpler form getops ":fd:h" and don't mess with the man page. I've been asked to write some apps that I will not be running, so I want to give as much help as I can.
Thanks Eric USAGE=$' ... [+DESCRIPTION?'\b'Lorem ipsum'\b'dolor '$\b'sit amet'$\b', $'\b'consectetur$'\b' adipiscing ] ... ' produces DESCRIPTION bLorem ipsumbdolor $bsit amet$b, $bconsectetur$b adipiscing On 7 Feb 2010, at 19:38 , David Korn wrote: > Subject: Re: Re: [ast-users] command line long options arguments > -------- > >> I found where I can make paragraphs, but the bolding italicized, and fixed >> font >> options don't work for me. Is this a quoting issue? >> > > Did you use $'...' to quote the string? The \b is a backspace character > and \a is the alert character. If you use '\b' then you get backslash b, > but if you use '$\b' you get the backspace character. >> >> >> ... >> [+DESCRIPTION?\bLorem ipsum\b dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. >> Mae >> cenas libero felis, interdum nec dictum a, pharetra pellentesque ipsum. >> Vestibul >> um quis arcu et lectus venenatis posuere vel quis odio. Donec nunc tortor, >> aucto >> r sit amet ultrices id, volutpat nec tellus. Donec ornare auctor >> consectetur. \f >> ls -l\f >> ] >> [+?Etiam \aporta\a nulla at \veros tempor quis pharetra\v dui venenatis. >> Fusce >> adipiscing malesuada nunc, in pulvinar lacus ultrices id. Duis quis mi >> nulla. P >> hasellus accumsan metus lacinia erat sollicitudin sed aliquet quam >> tincidunt. Ae >> nean magna tortor, rutrum et adipiscing ac, tristique eu eros. >> ] >> ... >> >> >> produces: (The word DESCRIPTION is bolded correctly) >> >> >> >> DESCRIPTION >> \bLorem ipsum\b dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas >> libero f >> elis, interdum nec dictum a, pharetra pellentesque ipsum. Vestibulum >> quis arcu et lectus venenatis posuere vel quis odio. Donec nunc tortor, >> auctor >> sit amet ultrices id, volutpat nec tellus. Donec ornare auctor >> consectetur. \fls -l\f >> >> Etiam \aporta\a nulla at \veros tempor quis pharetra\v dui venenatis. Fusce >> ad >> ipiscing malesuada nunc, in pulvinar lacus ultrices id. Duis quis mi >> nulla. Phasellus accumsan metus lacinia erat sollicitudin sed aliquet quam >> tin >> cidunt. Aenean magna tortor, rutrum et adipiscing ac, tristique eu >> eros. >> >> >> Thanks >> Eric >> >> > > David Korn > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > ast-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
