#!/usr/bin/env bash # show_help.sh – Example Bash script with embedded help section # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT # Use this snippet as a pattern for Bash scripts that include their own help text # inside comment blocks. The `show_help` function will extract the lines between # `#=== HELP START ===` and `#=== HELP END ===`, strip the leading `#` and output # a clean help message. # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── show_help() { sed -n '/^#=== HELP START ===/,/^#=== HELP END ===/ { /^#=== HELP START ===/d /^#=== HELP END ===/d s/^#// p }' "$0" } # --- Example usage of the show_help function --- #=== HELP START === # Example Script # # Usage: # ./show_help.sh [options] # # Options: # -h, --help Show this help message and exit # -v, --verbose Enable verbose output # # Description: # This is an example of how to embed a self-contained help # section in a Bash script using a simple sed-based extractor. #=== HELP END === # ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── # Main entrypoint case "$1" in -h|--help) show_help exit 0 ;; -v|--verbose) echo "Verbose mode enabled" ;; *) echo "Run with --help for usage." ;; esac