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Command Line Arguments in Linux Shell Scripting

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Command line arguments (also known as positional parameters) are the arguments specified at the command prompt with a command or script to be executed.

Command line arguments (also known as positional parameters) are the arguments specified at the command prompt with a command or script to be executed. The locations at the command prompt of the arguments as well as the location of the command, or the script itself, are stored in corresponding variable.

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Comments (5)

bob ·
Fixed.

Thanks for the report.
flufferbeer ·
@Bob,

> Fixed

But TOO MUCH banner-creep surrounding thpage's content! I'd pass on visiting the page...

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bob ·
flufferbeer wrote:But TOO MUCH banner-creep surrounding thpage's content!


Hmm, that site paints fairly clean for me. Then again I'm in the habit of leaving Javascript turned off by default. :)

On that topic, I am disappointed to see how many sites are being built to require google api to be enabled. Sorry, google, I'm not biting on that one. If a site demands google api then I forego the site. It's a big Internet and I can certainly find what I'm looking for without feeding my browsing history into the Google server farm.
vainrveenr ·
Quoting:> Fixed

But TOO MUCH banner-creep surrounding thpage's content! I'd pass on visiting the page...


Quoting:On that topic, I am disappointed to see how many sites are being built to require google api to be enabled. Sorry, google, I'm not biting on that one. If a site demands google api then I forego the site. It's a big Internet and I can certainly find what I'm looking for without feeding my browsing history into the Google server farm.


An alternative means of reviewing the identical information that avoids relying upon Google's API is to visit the GNU Bash Reference Manual's 'Positional Parameters' and 'Special Parameters' sections, found at http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#Positional-Parameters.

One could also just simply type man bash at the Linux commandline, and then do a forward '/' search for "Positional Parameters" in order to view the identical information.





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