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Should Shell Functions Use Positional Arguments or Named Options?

I'm writing a Bash function called run_aws_ssm_get_parameter. Its current interface is positional: run_aws_ssm_get_parameter "false" "" "some_param". The first value controls debug logging, the second optionally identifies an AWS…

Should Bash Functions Use Positional Arguments or Named Options?

I'm designing a Bash function called run_aws_ssm_get_parameter. Its current interface is positional: run_aws_ssm_get_parameter "false" "" "some_param". The first argument controls debug logging, the second is an optional AWS…