INPUT= SEPARATOR="#" function help() { echo "blabla" } if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then if [ -e $1 ]; then INPUT=$1 shift fi if [ `echo $1 | cut -c 1-2` == "-T" ]; then DELIMITER=`echo $1 | cut -c 3` shift fi if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then help fi fi