#! /bin/bash # Needs bash for process substitition, ie <( if [ $# != 2 ]; then echo "Usage $0 " >&2 exit 1 fi get_cmd_opts() { # Trim out -- after first one (--option mentioned in help!) $1 --help | grep '^-' | sed 's/[ ].*--.*//' | while IFS=$'\n' read -r opt; do case "$opt" in # We don't document dev options. --dev*) ;; --*=*|--*' '*) echo "${opt%%[ =]*}=" | cut -c3- ;; --*) echo "${opt%%[ |]*}" | cut -c3- ;; -*\|--*) opt=${opt##*|} echo "${opt%%[ |]*}" | cut -c3- esac done } CMD_OPTNAMES=$(get_cmd_opts "$1" | sort) # Now, gather (long) opt names from man page, make sure they match. MAN_OPTNAMES=$(sed -E -n 's/^\*(--)?([^*/]*)\*(=?).*::/\2\3/p' < "$2" | sort) if [ "$CMD_OPTNAMES" != "$MAN_OPTNAMES" ]; then echo "diff of command names vs manpage names": diff -u <(echo "$CMD_OPTNAMES") <(echo "$MAN_OPTNAMES") exit 2 fi