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Red Hat 9.0, getopt (enhanced) 1.1.2

I am trying to use getopt to validate/parse long command line options and
not getting anywhere.

I am doing something like

getopt -l a-long:,b-long: -- "--a-long a --b-long b"

I get

--

Why do I get -- as the output?

How to use this stuff? I am surprised that are so few examples of this to
be found.

Thanks

Read the thread titled "ksh'93 getopts --longoptions" posted on 26th
September and you'll find, among other things, an example of "getopts".
Yes, I know you asked about "getopt", but maybe that'll give you some ideas.

        Ed.

You need to specify short options, or the first argument after
"--" is considered as the short option specifications.

Moreover, "--a-long a --b-long b" is passed as a single
argument, so none of the options will be recognized.

getopt -o '' -l a-long:,b-long: -- "--a-long" "a" "--b-long" "b"

or:

getopt -l a-long:,b-long: -- "" "--a-long="a" "--b-long" "b"

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Stphane