Thanx!
Pavan Balaji, CIS Graduate Student, Ohio State University "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect... It just means that you have decided to see beyond the imperfections" -- Rash > -----Original Message----- > From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 3:05 PM > To: Balaji, Pavan > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: argc/argv in bash! > > > On 2002-07-14 12:53 +0000, Balaji, Pavan wrote: > > > > How do we use argc and argv (C like) in bash scripts? > > The number of command line arguments is $#. For example: > > % cat foo.sh > #!/bin/sh > echo $# > > % sh foo.sh > 0 > > % sh foo.sh hello world > 2 > > % sh foo.sh "hello world" > 1 > > The argv[] equivalent is $@. > > % cat foo2.sh > #!/bin/sh > > for argument in $@ ;do > echo $argument > done > > % sh foo2.sh > % > > % sh foo2.sh hello world > hello > world > % > > % sh foo2.sh "hello world" > hello world > % > > For more details about the "special variables" of sh, read the sh(1) > manpage. > > % man 1 sh > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
