using bash Tru64...

converting DCL to shell...

any tips to make this work would be greatly appreciated.

Below is my failed attempt to assign command line input to variables by first declaring an array. I use a counter to create unique variables in a loop through the array. I need to call the newly created variables in functions, hence the export.

When I run the script I receive the following error...

./newfile1.shl: param1=1: command not found
./newfile1.shl: param2=2: command not found
./newfile1.shl: param3=3: command not found
./newfile1.shl: param4=4: command not found
./newfile1.shl: param5=5: command not found


#!/bin/bash
LIMIT=6
PARAM="$1 $2 $3 $4 $5"
COUNTER=1

while [ $COUNTER -lt "$LIMIT" ];
do
for n in ${PARAM[@]}
do
param$COUNTER=`echo $n`
export param$COUNTER

let COUNTER=COUNTER+1

done
done

echo $param1
echo $param2
echo $param3
echo $param4
echo $param5