Hi Chet! > >> Thanks for the report. The synopsis should read > >> > >> cd [-L|[-P [-e]]] [-@] [dir] > > ^ ^ > > But aren't these two brackets just superfluous? > > -L and -P are mutually exclusive, and -e is valid only when -P is > supplied.
Yes, my feeling was just that | has such a low precedence that the marked pair of brackets could be omitted, like in id|cut -c1-3 or in the ERE ^(-L|-P( -e)?)?$ But situation seems to be different here. Best regards, Martin