Surabhi Chaudhary
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Bash script for getopts
By Surabhi Chaudhary 1150 days ago
#using : after a switch variable means it requires some input (ie, t: requires something after t to validate while h requires nothing.
while getopts “ht:r:p:v” OPTION
do
case $OPTION in
h)
usage
exit 1
;;
t)
TEST=$OPTARG
;;
r)
SERVER=$OPTARG
;;
p)
PASSWD=$OPTARG
;;
v)
VERBOSE=1
;;
?)
usage
exit
;;
esac
done
if [[ -z $TEST ]] || [[ -z $SERVER ]] || [[ -z $PASSWD ]]
then
usage
exit 1
fi
