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[xscreensaver] / hacks / vidwhacker

diff --git a/hacks/vidwhacker b/hacks/vidwhacker
index c7cd5d47f43ea1493ad3a7730913b16ddb1a5a4b..34bef3d0c728f63642ed493db7af09543c31968a 100755 (executable)
--- a/hacks/vidwhacker
+++ b/hacks/vidwhacker
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ sub usage() {
 sub main() {
   while ($_ = $ARGV[0]) {
     shift @ARGV;
-    if ($_ eq "--verbose") { $verbose++; }
+    if (m/^--?verbose$/) { $verbose++; }
     elsif (m/^-v+$/) { $verbose += length($_)-1; }
     elsif (m/^(-display|-disp|-dis|-dpy|-d)$/) { $ENV{DISPLAY} = shift @ARGV; }
     elsif (m/^--?stdin$/) { $use_stdin = 1; }