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Bash argument parsing with 'set -euo pipefail'
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# https://web.archive.org/web/20190329060125/https://vaneyckt.io/posts/safer_bash_scripts_with_set_euxo_pipefail/ | |
set -euo pipefail | |
# Set default values for mandatory arguments | |
CLONE_URL='' | |
BRANCH_NAME='' | |
print_help() { | |
cat <<HELP | |
Usage: $0 --clone-url <clone_url> --branch <branch_name> | |
Deploy app from Git repository. | |
--clone-url URL to clone Git repository | |
--branch Branch name to check out | |
HELP | |
} | |
# Loop through all arguments | |
while [[ -n "${1-}" ]]; do | |
case "$1" in | |
--clone-url) | |
shift | |
CLONE_URL="${1-}" # Use default value '' if switch is passed with no value | |
;; | |
--branch) | |
shift | |
BRANCH_NAME="${1-}" | |
;; | |
--help) | |
print_help | |
exit 0 | |
;; | |
*) | |
echo "Unknown argument: $1" | |
print_help | |
exit 1 | |
;; | |
esac | |
shift || true # Do not fail the script if there are no arguments left | |
done | |
if [[ -z "$CLONE_URL" ]] || [[ -z "$BRANCH" ]]; then | |
echo "Not all mandatory arguments were passed" | |
print_help | |
exit 2 | |
fi | |
# The rest of the script goes here |
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