#!/bin/bash getopt --test > /dev/null if [[ $? -ne 4 ]]; then echo "I’m sorry, `getopt --test` failed in this environment." exit 1 fi OPTIONS=dfo:v LONGOPTIONS=debug,force,output:,verbose # -temporarily store output to be able to check for errors # -e.g. use “--options” parameter by name to activate quoting/enhanced mode # -pass arguments only via -- "$@" to separate them correctly PARSED=$(getopt --options=$OPTIONS --longoptions=$LONGOPTIONS --name "$0" -- "$@") if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then # e.g. $? == 1 # then getopt has complained about wrong arguments to stdout exit 2 fi # read getopt’s output this way to handle the quoting right: eval set -- "$PARSED" # now enjoy the options in order and nicely split until we see -- while true; do case "$1" in -d|--debug) d=y shift ;; -f|--force) f=y shift ;; -v|--verbose) v=y shift ;; -o|--output) outFile="$2" shift 2 ;; --) shift break ;; *) echo "Programming error" exit 3 ;; esac done # handle non-option arguments if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then echo "$0: A single input file is required." exit 4 fi echo "verbose: $v, force: $f, debug: $d, in: $1, out: $outFile"