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-.Dd February 24, 2019
-.Dt SETOPT 1
-.Os
-.
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm setopt
-.Nd quoting getopt
-.
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
-.Ar optstring
-.Op Ar args ...
-.
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm
-behaves similarly to
-.Xr getopt 1 ,
-except that it produces quoted output
-appropriate for use with the
-.Nm eval
-shell builtin.
-This allows arguments containing whitespace
-to survive parsing.
-.
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-args=$(setopt abo: "$@")
-eval set -- "$args"
-.Ed
-.
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr getopt 1 ,
-.Xr sh 1 ,
-.Xr getopt 3
-.
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Xr getopt 1
-manual page of
-.Fx
-reads,
-.Do
-Arguments containing white space
-or embedded shell metacharacters
-generally will not survive intact;
-this looks easy to fix but isn't.
-.Dc
-Yet here we are.