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* LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI
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On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
> # i want to detect command line options
> # e.g. sample.sh -1 foo1 -2 foo2 -3 foo3
> # then i want following : arg1=foo1, arg2=foo2 , arg3=foo3
> # I tried following but arg1 takes the value $2, arg2 $3 and arg3 $3
try this one, i tried with getopts, didnt impress me.
#!/bin/bash
i=0 # counter
while test $# -ne 0; do
p=$1 # getting parameter value
let i=i+1
if test $p = "-${i}"; then
shift
eval arg$i=$1 # argno=value
fi
shift
done
echo "arg1=$arg1, arg2=$arg2"
regards
sanjeev
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