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#!/bin/sh
VERSION="1.0"
AUTHOR="John Doe"
COPYRIGHT_YEAR="2000"
SCRIPT_NAME="getopt_example"
# or maybe SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$0")"
show_usage() {
cat <<EOF
Usage: ${SCRIPT_NAME} [options] <file> [...]
An example script that demonstrates the use of getopt.
OPTIONS
-f, --feature Enable special feature
-n, --name=NAME Set the name used in the special feature
-h, --help Show this help
-V, --version Show the script version
EOF
}
show_version() {
echo "${SCRIPT_NAME} ${VERSION}"
echo
echo "Copyright (C) ${COPYRIGHT_YEAR} ${AUTHOR}
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms
of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty."
}
##########################################################################
# OPTIONS
# globals w/ default values
name="example_default_name"
use_feature=false
if command -v getopt 2>&1 >/dev/null ; then
# have GNU getopt (allows nicer options)
SOPT="hVfn:"
LOPT="help,verbose,feature,name:"
OPTIONS=$(getopt -o "$SOPT" --long "$LOPT" -n "$SCRIPT_NAME" -- "$@") || exit 1
eval set -- "$OPTIONS"
fi
while true ; do
case "$1" in
-h | --help) show_usage ; exit 0 ;;
-V | --version) show_verison ; exit 0 ;;
-f | --feature) use_feature=true ; shift ;;
-n | --name) name="$2" ; shift 2 ;;
--) shift ; break ;;
-*) echo "unknown option: $1" ; exit 1 ;;
*) break ;;
esac
done
##########################################################################
# MAIN
if [ "${#}" = 0 ] ; then
show_usage
exit 1
fi
for file in "$@" ; do
if $use_feature ; then
echo "Applying special feature to \"${file}\" (with name=\"${name}\")"
else
echo "Handling \"${file}\" without any special features"
fi
done
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