Using getopts to process long and short command line options

Question

I wish to have long and short forms of command line options invoked using my shell script.

I know that getopts can be used, but like in Perl, I have not

Answer 1

#!/bin/bash
while getopts "abc:d:" flag
do
  case $flag in
    a) echo "[getopts:$OPTIND]==> -$flag";;
    b) echo "[getopts:$OPTIND]==> -$flag";;
    c) echo "[getopts:$OPTIND]==> -$flag $OPTARG";;
    d) echo "[getopts:$OPTIND]==> -$flag $OPTARG";;
  esac
done

shift $((OPTIND-1))
echo "[otheropts]==> $@"

exit

.

#!/bin/bash
until [ -z "$1" ]; do
  case $1 in
    "--dlong")
      shift
      if [ "${1:1:0}" != "-" ]
      then
        echo "==> dlong $1"
        shift
      fi;;
    *) echo "==> other $1"; shift;;
  esac
done
exit