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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers passing variable to function Post 302113137 by reborg on Tuesday 3rd of April 2007 05:46:49 PM
Old 04-03-2007
please use code tags for code

$1 means the first argument.

Code:
function add_num () {
sum=0
for NUM in $@
do
sum=`expr $sum + $NUM`
done
}

 

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