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Date: Tue,  3 Dec 2013 17:44:18 -0500
From: TJ Luoma <luomat@gmail.com>
Subject: Processing Arguments
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I'm sure there has to be a better way of doing this, but the way that I've =
done it has always worked for me, so I've never bothered to look further.

Here's what I do:


    ANOTHER=3Dno
    SOMETHING=3Dno=20

    for ARGS in "$@"
    do=20
        case "$ARGS" in=20
            -s|--something)
                    SOMETHING=3Dyes
                    shift
            ;;

            -a|--another)
                    ANOTHER=3Dyes
                    shift
            ;;

            -*|--*)
                    echo "  $NAME [warning]: Don't know what to do with arg=
: $1"
                    shift
            ;;

        esac

    done # for args=20

The only downside to this is that you can't combine arguments such as `-sa`=
 you have to use `-s -a`

Am I right? Is there a better way?

TjL

ps - I'm not _overly_ concerned with "portability" to other shells. I write=
 zsh scripts because I like what zsh has to offer.