bash getopts() builtin loops endlessly - local OPTIND or other variable clobering global special variable
Issue
- A script with a shell function that has a local
OPTINDor other variable interferes with the global specialOPTINDor other named variable.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7)
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