Top "Getopts" questions

getopts is a Bourne/POSIX shell builtin for parsing command-line options, available in ash, bash, dash, ksh, zsh, ... on Linux and other Unix systems.

Using getopts inside a Bash function

I'd like to use getopts inside a function that I have defined in my .bash_profile. The idea is I'd …

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How to handle shell getopts with parameter containing blank spaces

I'm looking for a way to handle arguments containing blank spaces that has to be parsed by shell getopts command. …

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how to use getopt(s) as technique for passing in argument in bash

Can someone show me an example how to use getopts properly or any other technique that I would be able …

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parse arguments after getopts

I want to call a bash script like this $ ./scriptName -o -p -t something path/to/file This is as …

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Multiple option arguments using getopts (bash)

I am trying to process command line arguments using getopts in bash. One of the requirements is for the processing …

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How does the OPTIND variable work in the shell builtin getopts

My shell script is quite simple, as the following: while getopts "abc:" flag; do echo "$flag" $OPTIND $OPTARG done And …

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Using getopt_long (C++) how do I code up a long & short option to both require arguments?

#include <iostream> #include <getopt.h> #define no_argument 0 #define required_argument 1 #define optional_argument 2 int main(…

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getopts printing help when no cmd. line argument was matched

I'm trying to use getopts in bash to parse command line arguments, but I couldn't figure out how to implement "…

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Required option getopts linux

I have to write a bash script: schedsim.sh [-h] [-c #CPUs ] -i pathfile h and c are optional options. …

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How to use getopts option without argument at the end in bash

I want to use getopts in bash. The user should select his own options. most of the options gets arguments …

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