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# The shopt builtin command
The `shopt` builtin manages [shell options](../../internals/shell_options.md), a
set of boolean (`on`/`off`) configuration variables that control the
behaviour of the shell.
## Synopsis
shopt [-pqsu] [-o] <OPTNAME...>
## Description
Note: Some of these options and other shell options can also be set with
[the set builtin](../../commands/builtin/set.md).
### Options
Option Description
-------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
`-o` Restrict the values of `<OPTNAME...>` to only those also known by [the set builtin](../../commands/builtin/set.md)
`-p` Print all shell options and their current value. **Default**.
`-q` Quiet mode. Set exit code if named option is set. For multiple options: `TRUE` if all options are set, `FALSE` otherwise
`-s` Enable ([s]{.underline}et) the shell options named by `<OPTNAME...>` or list all *enabled* options if no names are given
`-u` Disabe ([u]{.underline}nset) the shell options named by `<OPTNAME...>` or list all *disabled* options if no names are given
As noted above, if only `-s` or `-u` are given without any option names,
only the currently enabled (`-s`) or disabled (`-u`) options are
printed.
### Exit code
When listing options, the exit code is `TRUE` (0), if all options are
enabled, `FALSE` otherwise.
When setting/unsetting an option, the exit code is `TRUE` unless the
named option doesn\'t exitst.
## Examples
Enable the `nullglob` option:
shopt -s nullglob
## Portability considerations
The `shopt` command is not portable accross different shells.
## See also
- Internal: [The set builtin command](../../commands/builtin/set.md)
- Internal: [List of shell options](../../internals/shell_options.md)