#!/usr/bin/bash while test "${1::2}" = "--" ; do case "$1" in --cflags=*) cflags="${cflags:+$cflags }${1#*=}" shift ;; --cflags) cflags="${cflags:+$cflags }$2" shift 2 ;; --libs=*) libs="${libs:+$libs }${1#*=}" shift ;; --libs) libs="${libs:+$libs }$2" shift 2 ;; esac done sed -ri -e " /^[[:blank:]]*--cflags\)/,/;;/ { /;;/ a\\ --cflags)\\ echo $cflags\\ ;; d } /^[[:blank:]]*--libs\)/,/;;/ { /;;/ a\\ --libs)\\ echo $libs\\ ;; d }" ${1+"$@"}