#!/bin/sh set -eu usage() { cat <<-'EOF' Usage: max NUMBER... max -h EOF } help() { cat <<-'EOF' Options: -h, --help show this message NUMBER the list of numbers to get the max from Get the maximum number from the given values. Examples: Get the maximum number from a list: $ min 5 3 9 9 4 9 Get the maximum number when negative numbers are given $ max -- -3 -5 -3 Get the maximum number given a single number $ max 8 8 The maximum default number: $ max 0 EOF } for flag in "$@"; do case "$flag" in (--) break ;; (--help) usage help exit ;; (*) ;; esac done while getopts 'h' flag; do case "$flag" in (h) usage help exit ;; (*) usage >&2 exit 2 ;; esac done shift $((OPTIND - 1)) if [ -z "${1:-}" ]; then echo 0 exit fi N="$1" for n in "$@"; do N=$((N > n ? N : n)) done printf '%s\n' "$N"