<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2002-1 (1.68) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Special flags</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Special flags"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="opie-sh-howto"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2002-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="opie-sh-howto.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node17.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node15.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node15.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node17.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html235" HREF="node17.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="file:/usr/local/share/lib/latex2html/icons/next.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html231" HREF="node15.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="file:/usr/local/share/lib/latex2html/icons/up.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html225" HREF="node15.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="file:/usr/local/share/lib/latex2html/icons/prev.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html233" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="file:/usr/local/share/lib/latex2html/icons/contents.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html236" HREF="node17.html">File input</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html232" HREF="node15.html">List input</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html226" HREF="node15.html">List input</A>   <B> <A NAME="tex2html234" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION00053100000000000000"> Special flags</A> </H3> The list input has several flags that change its behavior. The first, and most important is the ``-F'' flag, which is how it gets its list of strings to offer to the user. This will be explained in its own section. The other flag that it excepts is ``-E'', which allows the user to enter a string other than one that is in the list. If run this way, it behaves much like a combination of the normal list input, and the single line input combined. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2002-05-15 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>