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Old 10-18-2007
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Try using a while loop to process the parameters, e.g...
Code:
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
do
    case $1 in
        -product) export PRODUCT=$2 ; shift ;;
        -version) export VERSION=$2 ; shift ;;
               *) echo invalid option ; exit 1 ;;
    esac
    shift
done
Note that options with arguments require additional shifts.