#!/bin/bash

#

# cli_parseArgumentsReDef.sh -- This function initiates/reset and

# sanitates positional parameters passed to this function and creates

# the the list of arguments that getopt will process.

#

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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# $Id$

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

function cli_parseArgumentsReDef {

    local ARG

    # Clean up arguments global variable.

    ARGUMENTS=''

    # Fill up arguments global variable with current positional

    # parameter  information. To avoid interpretation problems, use

    # single quotes to enclose each argument (ARG) from command-line

    # idividually.

    for ARG in "$@"; do

        # Sanitate option arguments before process them.  Be sure that

        # no option argument does contain any single quote (U+0027)

        # inside; that would break option parsing.  Remember that we

        # are using single quotes to enclose option arguments in order

        # to let getopt to interpret option arguments with spaces

        # inside.  To solve this issue, we replace all single quotes

        # in the arguments list with their respective codification and

        # reverse the process back when doPrint them out.

        ARG=$(echo $ARG | sed "s/'/\\\0x27/g")

        # Concatenate arguments and encolose them to let getopt to

        # process them when they have spaces inside.

        ARGUMENTS="$ARGUMENTS '$ARG'"

    done

}