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Command Line Parsing Functions

Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux provides functions to facilitate the parsing of command arguments. The following table summarizes these functions.

Function	Description
getopt()	Examines a list of arguments for short options. Version 3.5 and earlier: function not available. Version 4.0 and later: function available.
getopt_long()	Examines a list of arguments for any combination of short or long-style options. Version 3.5 and earlier: function not available. Version 4.0 and later: function available.
getopt_long_only()	Examines a list of arguments long-style options. Version 3.5 and earlier: function not available. Version 4.0 and later: function available.

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