Parse Bash Arguments

parseargs.sh

#!/bin/sh
set -e

usage_error () { echo >&2 "$(basename $0):  $1"; exit 2; }
assert_argument () { test "$1" != "$EOL" || usage_error "$2 requires an argument"; }


if [ "$#" != 0 ]; then
  EOL=$(echo '\01\03\03\07')
  set -- "$@" "$EOL"
  while [ "$1" != "$EOL" ]; do
    opt="$1"; shift
    case "$opt" in

      # Your options go here.
      -f|--flag) flag='true';;
      -n|--name) assert_argument "$1" "$opt"; name="$1"; shift;;

      # Arguments processing. You may remove any unneeded line after the 1st.
      -|''|[!-]*) set -- "$@" "$opt";;                                          # positional argument, rotate to the end
      --*=*)      set -- "${opt%%=*}" "${opt#*=}" "$@";;                        # convert '--name=arg' to '--name' 'arg'
      -[!-]?*)    set -- $(echo "${opt#-}" | sed 's/\(.\)/ -\1/g') "$@";;       # convert '-abc' to '-a' '-b' '-c'
      --)         while [ "$1" != "$EOL" ]; do set -- "$@" "$1"; shift; done;;  # process remaining arguments as positional
      -*)         usage_error "unknown option: '$opt'";;                        # catch misspelled options
      *)          usage_error "this should NEVER happen ($opt)";;               # sanity test for previous patterns

    esac
  done
  shift  # $EOL
fi

# Do something cool with "$@"... \o/