这样做:

dedent() {
    local -n reference="$1"
    reference="$(echo "$reference" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//')"
}

text="this is line one
      this is line two
      this is line three\n"

# `text` is passed by reference and gets dedented
dedent text

printf "$text"

不先调用dedent的输出:

this is line one
      this is line two
      this is line three

.．.和WITH首先调用dedent(如上所示):

this is line one
this is line two
this is line three

完整的解释，请看我已经写过的地方:

相当于python在bash中的textwrap dedent 带额外空格的多行字符串(保留缩进)

当然，感谢@Andreas Louv在这里向我展示了该函数的sed部分。

以下是我的做法:

function help_text {
  printf "\n\
Usage: ./cpanel-to-cc.sh [arguments] ... \n\
Examples: \n\
\t ./cpanel-to-cc.sh --client-id 123123 --api-key abc123def456 --domain example.com \n\
\t ./cpanel-to-cc.sh --client-id 123123 --tmp-dir /home/user/cpanel-to-cc \n\
\t ./cpanel-to-cc.sh --resync --domain example.com \n\
\t ./cpanel-to-cc.sh --purge \n\
\n\
Arguments: \n\
Option \t\t\t Long option \t\t\t Function \n\
 -c <id> \t\t --client-id <id> \t\t Specify the SiteHost Client ID \n\
 -k <key> \t\t --api-key <key> \t\t Specify the SiteHost API key with access to Cloud, Job and Server modules \n\
 -d <domain> \t\t --domain <domain> \t\t The cPanel domain to migrate. If not specified we try migrate all \n\
 -t <directory> \t --tmp-dir <directory> \t\t Directory to store temporary files and logs. Default is: $TMP_DIR \n\
 -v \t\t\t --verbose \t\t\t Print debugging/verbose information \n\
 -y \t\t\t --assume-yes \t\t\t Automatic yes to prompts. Assume \"yes\" as answer to all prompts \n\
 -r \t\t\t --resync \t\t\t Use credentials stored and copy data into Container already created. \n\
 -p \t\t\t --purge \t\t\t Remove any metadata stored on the the server. This removes any files in: $TMP_DIR \n\
 -h \t\t\t --help \t\t\t Display this help and exit \n\
 \n"
}

受到本页上富有洞察力的回答的启发，我创造了一个混合的方法，我认为这是最简单和更灵活的方法。你怎么看?

首先，我在一个变量中定义了它的用法，这允许我在不同的上下文中重用它。格式非常简单，几乎是所见即所得，不需要添加任何控制字符。对我来说，这似乎是合理的可移植性(我在MacOS和Ubuntu上运行它)

__usage="
Usage: $(basename $0) [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -l, --level <n>              Something something something level
  -n, --nnnnn <levels>         Something something something n
  -h, --help                   Something something something help
  -v, --version                Something something something version
"

那么我就可以简单地把它用作

echo "$__usage"

或者更好的是，当解析参数时，我可以在一行中回显它:

levelN=${2:?"--level: n is required!""${__usage}"}

    You can write your
    text
        freely,
                   in a separate: 
                             ----file.

然后

echo "$(</pathto/your_multiline_file)"

还有一件事，使用printf和预定义的变量(这里:msg)作为模板。

msg="First line %s
Second line %s
Third line %s
"

one='additional message for the first line'
two='2'
tri='this is the last one'

printf "$msg" "$one" "$two" "$tri"

这个^^^将按指定的顺序打印整条消息，并插入额外的vars而不是%s。

或者你可以这样做:

echo "usage: up [--level <n>| -n <levels>][--help][--version]

Report bugs to: 
up home page: "