BASH getopts with mixed positional arguments

gistfile1.txt

ARGS=()
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
  unset OPTIND
  unset OPTARG
  while getopts v options; do
    case $options in
    v) VERBOSE=true ;;
    esac
  done
  shift $((OPTIND - 1))
  ARGS=("${ARGS[@]}" $1)
  shift
done
CMD=${ARGS[0]}