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Expand Up @@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ Then read through this list of influences and/or alternatives!

* Cons:

* Its use is `discouraged <http://bash.cumulonim.biz/BashFAQ(2f)035.html#getopts>`_ --- it seems to have some issues, you still need to deal with positional arguments by other means.
* The legacy version cannot handle whitespaces and metacharacters at all. It's also non-standard, so there's no guarantee of it existing.

* ``getopts``: ``bash`` builtin for parsing command-line.

* Pros:

* Being included with ``bash``, it behaves the same on all platforms.
* Being included with POSIX ``sh``, it behaves the same on all platforms.

* Cons:

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