Hi,

I'm trying to write a csh script which will allow the user to put
switches with arguments on the command line in any order. The command
would be something like:

    % command -abc 1 -def 2 3 4 -ghijk 5

Does anyone have a csh routine which will do this?

Thanks in advance.
--
Kevin Reardon

Turnpike evaluation. For Turnpike information, mailto:i...@turnpike.com

        Ouch! That would take some funky scripting to cover all cases
and deal with bad data, user error.
        I suggest that you switch to using C/C++ and using the getopt()
function call or use perl (v5.x) and using GetOpt perl module.
        If you insist on using csh, then I suggest that you simplify:
Insist that users pass single options after the dash.
        ls -a -l        is much easier to deal with in code than
        ls -al

        However, I have not worked much with csh and little with options,
so my opinion/suggestion may not be worth much.

Sajjad

: Hi,

: I'm trying to write a csh script which will allow the user to put
: switches with arguments on the command line in any order. The command
: would be something like:

:     % command -abc 1 -def 2 3 4 -ghijk 5

: Does anyone have a csh routine which will do this?

: Thanks in advance.
: --
: Kevin Reardon

: Turnpike evaluation. For Turnpike information, mailto:i...@turnpike.com

Or, you can use either the sh/ksh builtin getopts; or solaris
provides an executable for csh.  See getopts(1) for all the
details, and a sample in sh/ksh.

How about a case statement and some shifts all inside a while $# > 0
loop?