iarg=0
narg=$#                                          # Number of arguments passed.
args=("$@")                                      # Set array containing all arguments.
argsUC=`echo "$*" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`  # Set list containing all arguments.
opt_browseDir_flag=`echo $argsUC | awk '/BRWS/ {print 1}; ! /BRWS/ {print 0}'`

OLDIFS="$IFS"
# IFS is a special variable that controls splitting.  We split on | and = now, not whitespace.  "$*" will now become a string like a|b|c
IFS="|="

# Split on | and =.  $* will insert the | itself when IFS="|", so we
# get back what we put in, except everything's now split on = too, i.e.
# "a b" "c" --option=file
# becomes
# "a b" "c" --option file
set -- "$*"

# Return IFS to its normal whitespace.
IFS="$OLDIFS"

# Loop until all arguments are used up.
# Shift tosses the value of $1 and sets $1=$2, $2=$3, ...
# so doing this repeatedly will decrease the value of $# until
# we run out of arguments.
while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
do
        case "$1" in
        "--"[cC][mM][oO][dD][iI][fF]|"--"[cC][mM][oO][dD][iI][nN][fF][iI][lL][eE])
                shift  # Skip ahead one to the next argument.
                arg_cmdInFile="${1}"
                ;;
        esac

        shift # Skip ahead to the next argument
done