[ag@giggitybytes bin]$ ./getopt.sh -a one -b two -c three Option A is "" Option B is "" Option C is "" [ag@giggitybytes bin]$ cat getopt.sh #!/bin/bash while getopts “ab:c:d:” OPTION do case $OPTION in a) optA="$OPTARG";; b) optB="$OPTARG";; c) optC="$OPTARG";; esac done echo "Option A is \"$optA\"" echo "Option B is \"$optB\"" echo "Option C is \"$optC\"" [ag@giggitybytes bin]$