bash - parse command line arguments

Straight Bash Space Separated Usage ./myscript.sh -e conf -s /etc -l /usr/lib /etc/hosts #!/bin/bash # Use > 1 to consume two arguments per pass in the loop (e.g. each # argument has a corresponding value to go with it). # Use > 0 to consume one or more arguments per pass in the loop (e.g. # some arguments don't have a corresponding value to go with it such # as in the --default example). # note: if this is set to > 0 the /etc/hosts part is not recognized ( may be a bug ) while [[ $# > 1 ]] do key="$1" case $key in -e|--extension) EXTENSION="$2" shift # past argument ;; -s|--searchpath) SEARCHPATH="$2" shift # past argument ;; -l|--lib) LIBPATH="$2" shift # past argument ;; --default) DEFAULT=YES ;; *) # unknown option ;; esac shift # past argument or value done echo FILE EXTENSION = "${EXTENSION}" echo SEARCH PATH = "${SEARCHPATH}" echo LIBRARY PATH = "${LIBPATH}" echo "Number files in SEARCH PATH with EXTENSION:" $(ls -1 "${SEARCHPATH}"/*."${EXTENSION}" | wc -l) if [[ -n $1 ]]; then echo "Last line of file specified as non-opt/last argument:" tail -1 $1 fi