# getopt like parser parse_options() { local short_options=$1; shift; local long_options=$1; shift; local ret=0; local unused_options="" local i while [[ -n $1 ]]; do if [[ ${1:0:2} = '--' ]]; then if [[ -n ${1:2} ]]; then local match="" for i in ${long_options//,/ }; do if [[ ${1:2} = ${i//:} ]]; then match=$i break fi done if [[ -n $match ]]; then if [[ ${1:2} = $match ]]; then printf ' %s' "$1" else if [[ -n $2 ]]; then printf ' %s' "$1" shift printf " '%s'" "$1" else printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option %s requires an argument")" "'$1'" >&2 ret=1 fi fi else echo "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "unrecognized option") '$1'" >&2 ret=1 fi else shift break fi elif [[ ${1:0:1} = '-' ]]; then for ((i=1; i<${#1}; i++)); do if [[ $short_options =~ ${1:i:1} ]]; then if [[ $short_options =~ ${1:i:1}: ]]; then if [[ -n ${1:$i+1} ]]; then printf ' -%s' "${1:i:1}" printf " '%s'" "${1:$i+1}" else if [[ -n $2 ]]; then printf ' -%s' "${1:i:1}" shift printf " '%s'" "${1}" else printf "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "option %s requires an argument")" "'-${1:i:1}'" >&2 ret=1 fi fi break else printf ' -%s' "${1:i:1}" fi else echo "@SCRIPTNAME@: $(gettext "unrecognized option") '-${1:i:1}'" >&2 ret=1 fi done else unused_options="${unused_options} '$1'" fi shift done printf " --" [[ $unused_options ]] && printf ' %s' "${unused_options[@]}" [[ $1 ]] && printf " '%s'" "$@" printf "\n" return $ret }