argument parsing

Command line interfaces (CLI) are incredibly powerful tools, especially in Unix-like operating systems such as Linux. When it comes to shell scripting, efficiently handling command line arguments can transform a basic script into a highly versatile program. In this blog post, I’m going to guide you through the art of command line argument parsing in Bash using the getopts utility. Also, I will provide instructions on ensuring your system has Bash available for apt, dnf, and zypper package managers. getopts is a built-in utility in Bash scripting that helps scripts efficiently parse flags and arguments.