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How to use getopts to parse a script options

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Egidio Docile
Aug 26, 2017

Modifying a bash script behavior via runtime options, just like we normally do with command line programs, can be very useful. The bash shell provides the getopts builtin command, a standard way to achieve this. How to use it is what we will learn in this tutorial.
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