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Created September 21, 2012 09:31
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"