Requirements¶ Both you and your users need: bash>=3.0 Only you need those on the top: autoconf>=2.64 (Argbash makes use of the autom4te utility) grep, sed, etc. (if you have autoconf, you probably have those already) Quickstart¶ In a nutshell, using Argbash consists of these simple steps: You write (or generate) a simple template of your script based on arguments your script is supposed to accept.