Bash's builtin getopts doesn't support --long-name args . Linux has a getopt command, but OS X's is limited. Perhaps I'll just use Python.
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Porting my 2016 Rust project from getopts to clap, and it's amazing how far the ecosystem has come.
clap gives me a nicer help, automatic value validation, and can even generate completions for shells!
First screenshot is getopts, second is clap.
I'm dusting off a Rust project from 2016, and it's striking how much the ecosystem has grown. For example, I used getopts then whereas clap is delightful and does so much now.