Question

#!/bin/bash

priority=false
it=0
dir=/

while getopts  "p:i" option
do
  case $option in
         i) it=$OPTARG;;
         p) priority=true;;
   esac
done

if [[ ${@:$OPTIND} != "" ]]
then
    dir=${@:$OPTIND}
fi
echo $priority $it $dir

If I execute it I get 2 testDir for $dir and 0 for $it, instead of just testDir for $dir and 2 for $it. How can I get the expected behavior?

./test.sh -pi 2 testDir
true 0 2 testDir

Answer 1

You seem to have the optstring parameter to getopts wrong. You have p:i, while what you want is pi:, so that the -i switch takes the argument.