[POSIX] How to Implement --args and How Should Usage Be Formatted

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  • shellscripts

    Collection of random scripts that make my life in the Linux console way simpler

  • Take a look at the scripts here. Sort them by filesize to check out the more fancy tricks used to write bash.

  • getoptions

    An elegant option/argument parser for shell scripts (full support for bash and all POSIX shells)

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  • shellspec

    A full-featured BDD unit testing framework for bash, ksh, zsh, dash and all POSIX shells

  • I am developing a testing framework for POSIX compliant shells that has over than 60 options. Since, It is for testing shell scripts, it makes sense to implement it in a shell script, even if it is complex.

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