# Function to print the usage of this script Usage () { cat <<EOF Usage: `basename $0` options [-kld] -k <val_k> Value for the the option -k -l <val_l> Value for the the option -l -d Does not have any value -e Does not have any value -h Print this message EOF exit $E_OPTERROR } # Check for input arguments. If no arguments given, print the usage. if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then Usage fi while getopts ":k:l:de" Option do case $Option in k ) echo "value for the option [k] is \"$OPTARG\"" ;; l ) echo "value for the option [l] is \"$OPTARG\"" ;; d ) echo "option [d] is given." ;; e ) echo "option [e] is given." ;; h ) Usage ;; * ) echo "Invalid input option" Usage ;; esac done # To get the arguments other than the option given in the usage shift $(($OPTIND - 1)) for i in $* do echo "Extra inputs given -> \"$i\"" done exit 0
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Processing input arguments in bash shell scripting
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