ive implemented getopt for the command line but have this problem,
when i run the program ./script -t <text>
it prints "text"
but when i just run ./script
it returns a "arguments expected" message, (shouldnt it return "no text" ?)
is there a way to fix this, i want to be able to run ./script without it complaining as well as ./script -t <text>
Since you are using case statements, you should close the case statements with esac
Your script would now look like this:
Regarding your use of shift indicates that the script requires you to input arguments. From the man pages we have the following:
Also your sciprt has a $1 which actually in scipt-terminology refers to the first argument.
No arguments + your script = "arguments expected"
It is always a good idea to check whether the user has provided any arguments at all.
$# gives you the count of the number of arguments provided at command line.
thanks for that, that was quite informative.
just wandering how would that script be modified if say there
were multiple arguments?
e.g
arguments "t:w"
if theres no -t
do something
else
do something else
if theres no -w
do something
else
do something else
etc ...
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