Specify command line arguments like name=value pairs for shell script

Question

Is it possible to pass command line arguments to shell script as name value pairs, something like

myscript action=build module=core

and th

Answer 1

env action=build module=core myscript

You said you're using tcsh. For Bourne-based shells, you can drop the "env", though it's harmless to leave it there. Note that this applies to the shell from which you run the command, not to the shell used to implement myscript.

If you specifically want the name=value pairs to follow the command name, you'll need to do some work inside myscript.