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Support for multiple value for an option #60

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gogito opened this issue Oct 16, 2024 · 1 comment
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Support for multiple value for an option #60

gogito opened this issue Oct 16, 2024 · 1 comment

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@gogito
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gogito commented Oct 16, 2024

Hi, the script is great already but it would be completed if it can support multiple value for an option when working would multiple input file for example:

myscript --file file1 file2 file3

Right now it doesn't seem like there is a way to do this if I'm understanding correctly.

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ko1nksm commented Oct 16, 2024

Hi

Its syntax cannot distinguish between the following two

myscript --file file1 file2 file3
myscript --name value file1 file2

There is no specification for multiple-valued options in either POSIX or GNU. If necessary, use the following alternative way.

myscript file1 file2 file3
myscript --file file1,file2,file3
myscript --file file1 --file file2 --file file3

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/V1_chap12.html

Guideline 8:
When multiple option-arguments are specified to follow a single option, they should be presented as a single argument, using <comma> characters within that argument or characters within that argument to separate them.

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