#!/bin/bash main() { local result="" case "$1" in ### currently unused * ) echo "Exiting '${0}' with code '1' because of unknown key '${1}'" return 1 ;; esac if [[ -n "${result}" ]] ; then echo "${result}" else echo "Exiting '${0}' with code '1' because unable to get version of '$1'" return 1 fi } main $@