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Old 04-10-2013
Mutual exclusion in getopts

Can i use mutual exclusion of particular args and force script to exit if both are specified?
Code:
while getopts l:d: OPTS; do
    case $OPTS in
        l) VALUE1=$OPTARG;;
        d) VALUE2=$OPTARG;;
        *) echo "$USAGE" && exit 2;;
# Here i want to exit if both -l and -d are specified
    esac
done

# 2  
Old 04-10-2013
Code:
while getopts l:d: OPTS; do
    case $OPTS in
        l) VALUE1=$OPTARG;;
        d) VALUE2=$OPTARG;;
        *) echo "$USAGE" && exit 2;;
    esac

    if [[ -n $VALUE1 && -n $VALUE2 ]]; then
        echo "Bad news, I gotta stop."
        exit 1
    fi
done

exit 0

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