Pass arguments in any order, with ability to have some of the flags optional:
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while getopts u:d:p:f: option
do
case "${option}"
in
u) USER=${OPTARG};;
d) DATE=${OPTARG};;
p) PRODUCT=${OPTARG};;
f) FORMAT=${OPTARG};;
esac
done
*COLONS between flags indicate that the flag value is required. If a value is optional, OMIT the colon following the flag. e.g. udp:f: – means that u and d are optional.
