( set -- -q -w -e r -t -y echo "*** no OPTIND, optstring:'we' args:$*" var=QWERTY while getopts "we" var; do echo "var:'$var' OPTIND:$OPTIND" done echo "exited: var:'$var' OPTIND:$OPTIND" ) 2>&1 \ | sed -e 's/ unrecognized option: / invalid option -- /' \ -e 's/ illegal option -- / invalid option -- /' \