Re: Handling getopt for option without optional argument value

[Lawrence Velázquez]

Returning to the original question.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021, at 10:22 AM, lisa-asket@perso.be wrote:
> I have the following bash function but when I call it with
> 
> indus-printf-multiple -- "Test" "TNest"
> 
> the variable $warn is not being set to 1.
>
> [...] 
>
>         ("-w"|"--warning")
>           case "$2" in
>             (+([[:digit:]])) 
>               local warn="$2"
>               shift 2
>               ;;
>             (*) 
>               local warn="1"
>               shift 2
>               ;;
>             esac
>             declare -i local f=1
>             ;;

It looks like you only set "warn" when a '-w' or '--warning' option
is present, but nothing you've shown us indicates that you're passing
such an option.  So why should "warn" be set at all?

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