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• using getopts in bash shell script long , short command line options 28 answers

i want use shell script this:

myscript.sh -key keyvalue 

how can keyvalue ? tried getopts, requires key single letter!

use manual loop such as:

while :;   case $1 in     -key)       shift       echo $1       break     ;;     *)       break   esac   done