Getopts - What am I missing?


 
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Old 04-03-2020
Getopts - What am I missing?

Hello

According to my knowledge and my re-searches on the forum, the getopts block in this code should work....
Code:
	bool2str() { # [options] $?
	# Returns a string from a BOOL input
	#
		swarm.protect "$FUNCNAME" "${@}" && exit 1
		#
		# Defaults
		#
			local caps #=false
			local CAPS #=false
			local mode #="yes"
			local out=""
			echo " ---------- $@ ----------- "
		#
		# Catching Arguments
		#
			# A ':' after a char indicates that this option requires an argument
			# Get access to the passed value of the argument by using $OPTARG
			while getopts "cCdoty" opt
			do
			 	case ${opt} in
				"c")	caps=true
						shift	;;
				"C")	CAPS=true
						shift	;;
				"d")	mode="done"
						shift
						echo " -- SHOULD -- get here"	;;
				"t")	mode="true"
						shift	;;
				"y")	mode="yes"
						shift	;;
				"o")	mode="on"
						shift	;;
			#	*)	echo opt $opt ; exit 99	;;
				esac
			done
			shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
		#
		# Display & Action
		# This also handles translations
		#
			case "${mode}" in
			"done")	case "$1" in
				0)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_DONE"	;;
				1)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_FAIL"	;;
				esac
				;;
			"true")	case "$1" in
				0)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_TRUE"	;;
				1)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_FALSE"	;;
				esac
				;;
			"on")	case "$1" in
				0)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_ON"	;;
				1)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_OFF"	;;
				esac
				;;
			"yes"|*)	case "$1" in
				0)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_YES"	;;
				1)	out="$SWARM_MSG_BOOL2STR_NO"	;;
				esac
				;;
			esac

			# Show the output
			if ${CAPS:-false}
			then	$PRINTF "${out^^}"
			elif ${caps:-false}
			then	$PRINTF "${out^}"
			else	$PRINTF "$out"
			fi
	}

However, once the function is sourced and I execute the code like:
Code:
set -x ; bool2str -d 1 ; set +x

All I get is this:
Code:
+ bool2str -d 1
+ swarm.protect bool2str -d 1
+ typeset arg ac=0
+ local fname=bool2str
+ shift
+ for arg in "$@"
+ ac=1
+ case "$arg" in
+ for arg in "$@"
+ ac=2
+ case "$arg" in
+ return 1
+ local caps
+ local CAPS
+ local mode
+ local out=
+ echo ' ---------- -d' '1 ----------- '
 ---------- -d 1 ----------- 
+ getopts cCdoty opt
+ shift 1
+ case "${mode}" in
+ case "$1" in
+ out=no
+ false
+ false
+ printf no
no+ set +x

Expected output:
'fail' instead of 'no' (yes/no is default, but should be changed by/with the passed option '-d' to 'done/fail')

NOTE:
Up to return 1 it's within the function swarm.protect which protects from code injection.

My biggest surprise is that it doesnt go into the "d" case - at all....
Not even when I changed the getopts case to "-d" rather than just "d".

Any ideas please?

Last edited by sea; 04-03-2020 at 09:11 PM..
# 2  
Old 04-03-2020
Oh dang, guess I cant just copy paste the argument handling from the previous files...

Figured:
Quote:
Originally Posted by man getopts
....
Note that shell functions share OPTIND with the calling shell even though the positional parameters are
changed. If the calling shell and any of its functions uses getopts to parse arguments, the results are un”
specified.
....
Guess this is this kind of an unspecified behaviour...
Welp, guess I'll need to work around (read:without) getopts within functions.... Smilie

/solved
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# 3  
Old 04-27-2020
Just came to mind - before this goes archive, if you look for a solution to this issue, here is mine:

Code:
for opt in "${@}"
do 	# Only parse for Arguments
	# if variable:'opt' starts with '-'
	[[ "-" == "${opt:0:1}" ]] && \
		case "${opt:1}" in
		"h" | "-help")
			echo "Usage: $FUNCNAME [options] arg1 arg2"
			exit 0
			;;
		"1" | "2" | "3")
			ROWS="${opt/-}"
			shift
			;;
		esac
done

Hope this helps and stay healthy

Last edited by sea; 04-30-2020 at 07:05 AM..
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