snippet for getopts to easily support options and arguments in your shellscript

getopts.tpl.bash

# snippet for getopts to easily support options and arguments in your shellscript
# usage: copy/paste it and run ./yourcommand -h foofoo -n barbar one two

# initialize variables
OPTION1="foo"
OPTION2="bar"
OPTIONS=0
# get rid of appname and (parse) options
shift 
while getopts ":h:n:" opt
do
    case ${opt} in
        h) OPTION1=${OPTARG};((OPTIONS+=2));;  
        n) OPTION2=${OPTARG};((OPTIONS+=2));;    
    esac
done
for((i=0;i<OPTIONS;i++)); do shift; done
# initialize arguments
ARG1="$1"
ARG2="$2"

echo "-h=$OPTION1 -n=$OPTION2 ARG1=$ARG1 ARG2=$ARG2"