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Re: [Help-bash] Bash script supporting complex options like GNU find


From: Tim Visher
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] Bash script supporting complex options like GNU find
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:34:34 -0500

On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 12:42 PM, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:

> I currently use getopt to support -s --long like options in bash scripts.
>
> https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/blob/master/misc-
> utils/getopt-parse.bash
>
> But this solution does not support complex expressions made of '-a'
> '-o'  '!' '(' and ')' as in defined in GNU find.
>
> Does anybody know a solution that can make a bash script support these
> complex expressions?
>

Using a manual while loop is the most generic and powerful option.

https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/035

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