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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to check arguments in shell??? Post 302761389 by Manueldo on Friday 25th of January 2013 02:27:59 PM
Old 01-25-2013
How to check arguments in shell???

for example I have
make [file] target
file is optional. So can I check whether there is [file] or no? I tried

Code:
if test $# -eq 1 
then
path=$1
else path=$2
fi

But it doesnt work properlu ;(

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags next time for your code and data.

Last edited by radoulov; 01-25-2013 at 04:35 PM..
 

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