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Welcome to the shFlags wiki!
shFlags is a port of the Google gflags library for Unix shell. The code is written in a way to be as portable as possible to work across a wide array of Unix variants. It is also tested with shUnit2 to maintain code quality.
If you'd like to get started with shFlags, feel free to read the documentation.
shFlags is a Unix shell library to simplify the handling of command-line flags.
shFlags is tested on the following OSes using the Travis CI continuous integration framework.
- Ubuntu Linux -- 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS
- macOS 13 (Ventura)
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
ash |
Ash (BusyBox ash shell) |
bash |
BASH (GNU Bourne Again SHell) |
dash |
DASH |
ksh |
Korn Shell |
mksh |
MirBSD Korn Shell |
pdksh |
pdksh (the Public Domain Korn Shell) |
sh |
Bourne Shell on Linux, or DASH shell on macOS. |
zsh |
Zsh |
Development and testing of shFlags was done by Kate Ward. See http://forestent.com/ for more info.
Recent releases are available at https://github.com/kward/shflags/releases.
The most recent code is always available at https://github.com/kward/shflags.
The 1.0.x and 1.2.x release series are stable releases. The 1.1.x series (skipped) and 1.3.x release series are development releases.
| Release | Date |
|---|---|
| 1.3.0 | Aug 24 2023 |
| 1.2.3 | Jan 25 2018 |
| 1.2.2 | Oct 18 2017 |
| 1.2.1 | Aug 17 2017 |
| 1.2.0 | Jan 10 2016 |
| 1.0.3 | May 10 2009 |
| 1.0.2 | Nov 17 2008 |
| 1.0.1 | Jul 11 2008 |
| 1.0.0 | Jun 18 2008 |
shFlags is licensed under Apache v2.0. The contents and copyright of this site and all provided source code are owned by Kate Ward.
Although I am currently an employee of Google Switzerland, the shflags port of gflags is not meant to reflect in any way on the work I do for Google, nor is this a work product of Google. This software is not supported or endorsed by Google, and they should not be contacted for any problems you encounter with this product.