diff --git a/func/handle_parameters.sh b/func/handle_parameters.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba5bd36f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/func/handle_parameters.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# handle --parameters=val
+handle_parameter() {
+    origparam=$1
+    searchstring="="
+    paramminuses=${origparam:0:2}
+    if [ "$paramminuses" = "--" ]; then
+        var_without_minuses=${origparam:2}
+        var=${var_without_minuses%%=*}
+        val=${origparam#*$searchstring}
+        #echo $var
+        #echo $val
+        printf -v "$var" '%s' "$val"
+    fi
+}
+numargs=$#
+for ((i=1 ; i <= numargs ; i++))
+do
+    handle_parameter $1
+    shift
+done