Lesson 9

Date: 3/26/2014
Linux shell scripting tutorial
Linux for Engineering and IT Applications


functions

Function definitions provide a way to group statement blocks into one.
#!/bin/bash
 
function usage ()
{
        echo "Usage:"
        echo "        myprog.sh [--test|--help|--version]"
}
 
case $1 in
        --test|-t)
                echo "you used the --test option"
                exit 0
        ;;
        --help|-h)
                usage
        ;;
        --version|-v)
                echo "myprog.sh version 0.0.2"
                exit 0
        ;;
        -*)
                echo "Error: no such option $1"
                usage
                exit 1
        ;;
esac
 
echo "You typed \"$1\" on the command-line"


Note, watch for syntax:
function usage ()
{
   command1
   command2; command3
   ......        
}
The word function in a function is optional. That is, the following will work as well:
usage ()
{
   command1
   command2; command3
   ......
}



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