set_verbose ${REQ} # use inital -v if present
set_test ${REQ} # use inital -t if present
REQ="`filter ${REQ}`" # remove -v and -t and invalid chars
set_verbose ${REQ} # use inital -v if present
set_test ${REQ} # use inital -t if present
REQ="`filter ${REQ}`" # remove -v and -t and invalid chars