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Example of how to parse options with bash/getopt
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#!/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" | |
eval set -- "$OPTS" | |
VERBOSE=false | |
HELP=false | |
DRY_RUN=false | |
STACK_SIZE=0 | |
while true; do | |
case "$1" in | |
-v | --verbose ) VERBOSE=true; shift ;; | |
-h | --help ) HELP=true; shift ;; | |
-n | --dry-run ) DRY_RUN=true; shift ;; | |
-s | --stack-size ) STACK_SIZE="$2"; shift; shift ;; | |
-- ) shift; break ;; | |
* ) break ;; | |
esac | |
done | |
echo VERBOSE=$VERBOSE | |
echo HELP=$HELP | |
echo DRY_RUN=$DRY_RUN | |
echo STACK_SIZE=$STACK_SIZE |
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