Bash parameter parsing

By halfgaar | On January 05, 2011 at 12:01 | No comments

Here is a code snippet I use for parameter parsing: 

dohelp()
{
  echo "Example script"
  echo ""
 
  # Exit because you don't want the script to do anything after displaying help
  exit
}
 
 
while [ -n "$*" ]; do
  flag=$1
  value=$2
 
  case "$flag" in
    "--one")
      one=$value
      shift
    ;;
    "--two")
      two=$value
      shift
    ;;
    "--pretend")
      pretend=true
    ;;
    "--help")
      dohelp
    ;;
    "--")
      break
    ;;
    *)
      echo -e "unknown option $flag\n"
      dohelp
    ;;
  esac
 
  shift
done

Posted by halfgaar on January 05, 2011 at 12:01

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