Quoting Markus Illenseer (01-Aug-98 18:03:32):

>> What is '$-'?
>  
>  Read the man page of sh(1):

> - (Hyphen) 
>  Expands to the current option flags ...

> In the demo "case"-construction the script checks for single
> character 
> options passed to the shell (-script) and if they are within the
> pattern "*i*". 

Yep, missed that one.
Thanks.

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