Parse flags

• Snippet
• Bash scripting
• 1 blank to fill

while getopts "vh" opt; do
  case $opt in
    v) VERBOSE=1 ;;
    h) echo "help"; exit 0 ;;
  esac
done

About this template

getopts.

Category

Code snippets

Pack

Bash scripting

Type

Snippet, a short message

Asks for

Flags

Use it anywhere you write: email, chat, a document or a support tool. If you send it often, save the finished text as a snippet in ClipBuddy and paste it again from your clipboard history with ⌘⇧V.

while getopts "{{Flags=vh}}" opt; do
  case $opt in
    v) VERBOSE=1 ;;
    h) echo "help"; exit 0 ;;
  esac
done

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