question on getopts

tostay2003 · 12-24-2007, 02:50 PM

Is there a way that one can skip '-' using getopts.

Like for eg. If I run a script as below

Code:

./Script -a a little boy -s "2-1=1"

I want 2-1=1 as an argument for option s i.e value in OPTARG while using getopts. Is it possible??

Thanks,
Asif

Hko · 12-25-2007, 04:39 AM

[QUOTE=tostay2003;3000739]Like for eg. If I run a script as below

Code:

./Script -a a little boy -s "2-1=1"

I want 2-1=1 as an argument for option s i.e value in OPTARG while using getopts. Is it possible??/QUOTE]

Yes. that is very well possible. After all that sort of things is why getopts exists.

See this section of the advanced bash scripting guide.