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Created January 22, 2018 00:21
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Example of how to parse options with bash/getopt
#!/bin/bash
#
# Example of how to parse short/long options with 'getopt'
#
OPTS=`getopt -o vhns: --long verbose,dry-run,help,stack-size: -n 'parse-options' -- "$@"`
if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Failed parsing options." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
echo "$OPTS"
eval set -- "$OPTS"
VERBOSE=false
HELP=false
DRY_RUN=false
STACK_SIZE=0
while true; do
case "$1" in
-v | --verbose ) VERBOSE=true; shift ;;
-h | --help ) HELP=true; shift ;;
-n | --dry-run ) DRY_RUN=true; shift ;;
-s | --stack-size ) STACK_SIZE="$2"; shift; shift ;;
-- ) shift; break ;;
* ) break ;;
esac
done
echo VERBOSE=$VERBOSE
echo HELP=$HELP
echo DRY_RUN=$DRY_RUN
echo STACK_SIZE=$STACK_SIZE
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