#!/usr/bin/env bash # Use python's argparse module in shell scripts # # The function `argparse` parses its arguments using # argparse.ArgumentParser; the parser is defined in the function's # stdin. # # Executing ``argparse.bash`` (as opposed to sourcing it) prints a # script template. # # https://github.com/nhoffman/argparse-bash # MIT License - Copyright (c) 2015 Noah Hoffman # # The MIT License (MIT) # # Copyright (c) 2015 Noah Hoffman # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN # THE SOFTWARE. argparse(){ argparser=$(mktemp 2>/dev/null || mktemp -t argparser) cat > "$argparser" <> "$argparser" cat >> "$argparser" < /dev/null; then eval $(python "$argparser" "$@") retval=0 else python "$argparser" "$@" retval=1 fi rm "$argparser" return $retval } # print a script template when this script is executed if [[ $0 == *argparse.bash ]]; then cat <