Typeset Options (Learning the Korn Shell, 2nd Edition)

B.7. Typeset Options

Option	Meaning
	With no option, create local variable within function.
`-A`	Declare variable as an associative array.
`-E`[`n`]	Declare variable as a floating-point number. Optional n is number of significant figures.
`-F`[`n`]	Declare variable as a floating-point number. Optional n is number of significant digits.
`-f`	With no arguments, prints all function definitions.
`-f` `fname`	Print the definition of function fname.
`+f`	Print all function names.
`-ft`	Turn on trace mode for named function(s).
`+ft`	Turn off trace mode for named function(s).
`-fu`	Define given name(s) as autoloaded function(s).
`-fx`	Obsolete; does nothing in ksh93.
`-H`	Unix to host filename mapping for non-Unix system.
`-i`[`n`]	Declare variable as an integer. Optional n is output base.
`-l`	Convert all letters to lowercase.
`-L`	Left-justify and remove leading spaces.
`-n`	Declare variable as a nameref.
`-p`	Print typeset commands to re-create variables with the same attributes.
`-r`	Make variable read-only.
`-R`	Right-justify and remove trailing spaces.
`-t`	Tag the variable. (Obsolete.)
`-u`	Convert all letters to uppercase.
`-ui`[`n`]	Declare variable as an unsigned integer. Optional n is output base. (ksh93m and newer.)
`-x`	Export variable, i.e., put in environment so that it is passed to subprocesses.
`-Z`[`n`]	Right-justify and fill with leading zeros. n is width, or width is set from value used in first assignment.


B.6. Options		B.8. Arithmetic