:
# without the list, the command line arguments are used
for clarg 
do
    dash=`expr $clarg : "\-"`

    echo Test $0: $clarg $dash

    # check if dash is 1 ; the current6 argument is an option flag
    if [ $dash -eq 1 ]
       then
          echo The argument \"$clarg\" is an option flag
    else
          echo the argument \"$clarg\" is not an option flag
    fi

done