Detailed introduction to basic learning of Linux shell scripts (6)

functionname() { # inside the body $1 is the first argument given to the function # $2 the second ... body }

#!/bin/sh # vim: set sw=4 ts=4 et: help() { cat < xtitlebar -- change the name of an xterm, gnome-terminal or kde konsole USAGE: xtitlebar [-h] "string_for_titelbar" OPTIONS: -h help text EXAMPLE: xtitlebar "cvs" HELP exit 0 } # in case of error or if -h is given we call the function help: [ -z "$1" ] && help [ "$1" = "-h" ] && help # send the escape sequence to change the xterm titelbar: echo -e "33]0;$107" #

#!/bin/sh help() { cat < This is a generic command line parser demo. USAGE EXAMPLE: cmdparser -l hello -f -- -somefile1 somefile2 HELP exit 0 } while [ -n "$1" ]; do case $1 in -h) help;shift 1;; # function help is called -f) opt_f=1;shift 1;; # variable opt_f is set -l) opt_l=$2;shift 2;; # -l takes an argument -> shift by 2 --) shift;break;; # end of options -*) echo "error: no such option $1. -h for help";exit 1;; *) break;; esac done echo "opt_f is $opt_f" echo "opt_l is $opt_l" echo "first arg is $1" echo "2nd arg is $2"

cmdparser -l hello -f -- -somefile1 somefile2

opt_f is 1 opt_l is hello first arg is -somefile1 2nd arg is somefile2