#!/bin/sh set -eu usage() { cat <<-'EOF' Usage: max NUMBER... max -h EOF } help() { cat <<-'EOF' Options: -h, --help show this message Get the maximum number from the given values. 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=$((N > n ? N : n)) done echo "$N"