Passing the Parameters, Please!

When entering a command to run a shell, you can actually tell the program information on

the same line.  These parameters can be used within the script as variables.  For

example:

$> ./program.sh Jason 50 75

This tells the program to use Jason as the first parameter, 50 as the second, and 75 as

the third.  In program.sh, we can access the parameters like this:

echo "Name: $1"

echo "One: $2"

echo "Two: $3"

The $ sign followed by a number is special in unix scripting to use parameters.  The

code above would produce this:

Name: Jason

One: 50

Two: 75

The parameters can also be file names if you like.  Now you can enter quick custom

commands in one line.  Enjoy, technophiliacs!