Hmm, this feels a bit like going in circles. Can you explain what problem you are trying to solve?
When you start a script, its arguments are available in $1 $2 $3 $4 etc. The variable $# will tell you how many they are (you obviously already knew this) and "$@" will contain them all.
aigles' loop with the eval or the code joeyg posted will allow you to copy their values to other variables, using slightly different techniques.
If you want to use the index in the variable's name, the syntax you tried doesn't work directly, because of the way the shell parses strings. The eval command exists for situations where you want the name of a variable to include the value of another variable, for example, so it's exactly the right tool for this. It can be used if you want to echo things, too.
My comment was more of a sidetrack, in case you were really only looking for a way to loop over them all, without necessarily caring exactly how many times you loop.
I need to read a file (a list) and assign the value to a variable (for each line), I'm looping until the end of the file. My problem is, I want to assign 2 separate variables from the list. The process I'm using is:
awk '{print $3}' file1 > file2
awk '{print $4}' file1 > file3
cat file2... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file like the following...
CUST=
DIR=
NULIST=
name=philps_123
How can i add values to each of these unassigned variables using a shell script?
say for eg: i have values for CUST as onida, dir as /dir/onida, NULIST as /tmp/onida_files. How can i add these values to... (11 Replies)
Hello
I have a text file with the next pattern
Name,Year,Grade1,Grade2,Grade3
Name,Year,Grade1,Grade2,Grade3
Name,Year,Grade1,Grade2,Grade3
I want to assign to external variables the grades using the awk method.
After i read the file line by line in order to get the grades i use this
... (2 Replies)
Hi guys,
I'm currently writing a script for automating a FreeBSD ZFS setup (ZFSonRooT). I got stuck at one point for raidz(1,2 a.k.a raid5,6) and am in need of assistance.
This is what I need. example:
#!/bin/sh <- must stay sh
echo -n "hdd list: "
read hdd_list
echo -n "hdd label list:... (2 Replies)
For eg: I have sample.txt file with 4 rows of record like:
user1|password1
user2|password2
user3|password3
user4|password4
The username and password is sepsrated by '|'
I want to get the 1st row value from the file and assign it to two different variables(username and password)
in my... (1 Reply)
so i've been used to doing it this way:
SVAL=$(echo "7 3 2 38 3" | awk '{print $2}')
4VAL=$(echo "4:21:N:3" | awk -F":" '{print $4}')
I know there's a way to do it by putting the value in an array and assigning it that way. but i'm not sure how to do it efficiently. any ideas? i dont... (9 Replies)
i have a program that spits out a certain number of values. i dont know the number of values. they can be 4, 10, 7, 20, no idea.
but, i want to be able to assign each of the value returned by this program to a variable.
in the latest instance, the program gave the following 6 values:
4... (8 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a unix directory and under which the below set of files(Years will change) will be there
#####################################
TEST_DETAIL_HCR_ABC2015_T01152015.csv
TEST_DETAIL_HCR_ABC2014_T01152015.csv
TEST_DETAIL_HCA_ABC2013_T01152015.csv
I need to assign years to... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a script which intends to create as many variables at runtime, as the number of parameters passed to it. The script needs to save these parameter values in the variables created and print them
abc.sh
----------
export Numbr_Parms=$#
export a=1
while
do
export... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
envstore
ENVSTORE(1) BSD General Commands Manual ENVSTORE(1)NAME
envstore -- save and restore environment variables
SYNOPSIS
envstore command [args ...]
DESCRIPTION
envstore can save and restore environment variables, thus transferring them between different shells.
command must be one of
clear
Forget all stored variables
eval
Produce shell code for evaluation, restoring all saved variables
list
List saved variables in better readable format
save variable [value]
Save variable either with its current shell value or with value
rm variable
Remove variable from store
Note: Only the first character of command is checked, so envstore e instead of envstore eval, envstore c for envstore clear, etc., are also
valid.
ENVIRONMENT
ENVSTORE_FILE The file in which the environment parameters are stored, /tmp/envstore-EUID by default,
LIMITATIONS
Variable names or values must not contain null bytes or newlines.
Due to limitations imposed by most shells, it is not possible to save parameters containing more than one consecutive whitespace. envstore
will save and display them correctly, but unless you do IFS trickery, your shell will not be able to load them.
The current maximum length (in bytes) is 255 bytes for the variable name and 1023 bytes for its content.
AUTHOR
envstore was written by Daniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>.
Original idea and script by Maximilian Gass <mxey@ghosthacking.net>.
SEE ALSO envify(1)BSD December 1, 2009 BSD