I need to use getopt option and I have no idea what it is or how to use it.
The idea behind getopt is, instead of having the first argument always be the source, the second argument always the destination, the third a conversion type, the fourth a debug file, the fifth just a flag, etc, etc, etc, your script would take parameters like:
...in any order, so this would have the same effect:
There's a scripting builtin for this called getopts. Here's an example with two arguments to expand however you wish. The -i argument expects a string, the -f argument does not.
Note the string ":i:f". The very first : tells it to fill in OPTARG when its supposed to. The : following i tells it that i expects an argument. There's no : following f, meaning f expects no argument.
This script can then process arguments in any order the same way. You're being asked to build a simple shell wrapper around your awk script to do the same thing I believe.
scriptname
i have made a script to perform so tasks and i managed to complete the tasks for all the options
the problem i am facing is that i can run the scripts individually but i would like to make it such that it can accept multiple options and give me the appropriate output
e.g.... (1 Reply)
#!/bin/sh
set -- `getopt "abco:" "$@"`
a= b= c= o=
while :
do
case "$1" in
-a) a=1;;
-b) b=1;;
-c) c=1;;
-o) shift; o="$1";;
--) break;;
esac
shift
done
shift # get rid of --
# rest of script...
# e.g.
ls -l $@ (6 Replies)
Hi all,
I am parsing command line options using getopts.
The problem is that mandatory argument options following ":" is taking next option as argument if it is not followed by any argument.
Below is the script:
while getopts :hd:t:s:l:p:f: opt
do
case "$opt" in
-h|-\?)... (2 Replies)
I m trying to use getopt
This is my script, but it doesn't take argument in variable,
Please help.
set - - `getopt mscl: $*`
if
then
echo "Exiting...."
exit 2
fi
for i in $*
do
case $i in
-m) MAIL="$i"; shift;;
-s) SCRIPT=$OPTARG; shift;;
-c) COB=$OPTARG; shift;;... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I want to use the getopt function to parse some arguments for a script.
while getopts "i:f:r:" OPTION
do
case $OPTION in
i) iter=$OPTARG;;
f) frame=$OPTARG;;
r) roi=$OPTARG;;
?) echo Usage: ......
exit 2;;
esac
done
However, I... (5 Replies)
Hi,
i need to use --alternative option of getopt
for ex . getopt -o a:c: --alternative pw: -- "$@"
if i use like this, i am not getting any output.Please help me how to correct this.i need to have a combination of long and short options.But long options have to begin with - and not... (0 Replies)
To find all the files in your home directory that have been edited in some way since the last tar file, use this command:
find . -newer backup.tar.gz
Is anyone familiar with an older solution?
looking to identify files older then 15mins across several directories.
thanks,
manny (2 Replies)
What is the significance of the *) and ?) in the below code.
while getopts a:b:c:he opt
do
case $opt in
a) _name="$OPTARG";;
b) _project="$OPTARG";;
c) line="$OPTARG";;
e) _cmd="XX";;
h) Projects=1;;
*) echo "$OPTARG is an invalid option";
my_exit 1;;
?)... (3 Replies)
I am trying to code for the addition of a new argument to the command line, the option D to a code that already has ABC (below). When I use make to compile it, it displays: invalid option --D. I did define the global d variable, as well as initialized it inside the main function of the C code. I... (9 Replies)
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appconfig::getopt
AppConfig::Getopt(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation AppConfig::Getopt(3)NAME
AppConfig::Getopt - Perl5 module for processing command line arguments via delegation to Getopt::Long.
SYNOPSIS
use AppConfig::Getopt;
my $state = AppConfig::State->new(\%cfg);
my $getopt = AppConfig::Getopt->new($state);
$getopt->parse(@args); # read args
OVERVIEW
AppConfig::Getopt is a Perl5 module which delegates to Johan Vroman's Getopt::Long module to parse command line arguments and update values
in an AppConfig::State object accordingly.
AppConfig::Getopt is distributed as part of the AppConfig bundle.
DESCRIPTION
USING THE AppConfig::Getopt MODULE
To import and use the AppConfig::Getopt module the following line should appear in your Perl script:
use AppConfig::Getopt;
AppConfig::Getopt is used automatically if you use the AppConfig module and create an AppConfig::Getopt object through the getopt() method.
AppConfig::Getopt is implemented using object-oriented methods. A new AppConfig::Getopt object is created and initialised using the new()
method. This returns a reference to a new AppConfig::Getopt object. A reference to an AppConfig::State object should be passed in as the
first parameter:
my $state = AppConfig::State->new();
my $getopt = AppConfig::Getopt->new($state);
This will create and return a reference to a new AppConfig::Getopt object.
PARSING COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
The "parse()" method is used to read a list of command line arguments and update the state accordingly.
The first (non-list reference) parameters may contain a number of configuration strings to pass to Getopt::Long::Configure. A reference to
a list of arguments may additionally be passed or @ARGV is used by default.
$getopt->parse(); # uses @ARGV
$getopt->parse(@myargs);
$getopt->parse(qw(auto_abbrev debug)); # uses @ARGV
$getopt->parse(qw(debug), @myargs);
See Getopt::Long for details of the configuartion options available.
A Getopt::Long specification string is constructed for each variable defined in the AppConfig::State. This consists of the name, any
aliases and the ARGS value for the variable.
These specification string are then passed to Getopt::Long, the arguments are parsed and the values in the AppConfig::State updated.
See AppConfig for information about using the AppConfig::Getopt module via the getopt() method.
AUTHOR
Andy Wardley, <abw@wardley.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1997,1998 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks are due to Johan Vromans for the Getopt::Long module. He was kind enough to offer assistance and access to early releases of
his code to enable this module to be written.
SEE ALSO
AppConfig, AppConfig::State, AppConfig::Args, Getopt::Long
perl v5.12.1 2007-05-30 AppConfig::Getopt(3)