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title: "Bash Argument Parsing with getopts: Build CLI Scripts with Flags and Options | Coming Soon"
author: "Mohammad Abu Mattar"
canonical: https://mkabumattar.com/coming-soon/codesnippets/bash-argument-parsing-getopts-cli-flags
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# Bash Argument Parsing with getopts: Build CLI Scripts with Flags and Options

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A Bash snippet for parsing command-line flags with getopts. Covers the option string syntax, OPTIND and the shift that everyone forgets, silent error handling, required-option checks, and the local OPTIND rule that stops the second call to a function from misbehaving.

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