01-15-2010
Positional parameter passing
Hi All,
When passing parameters to a sheel script, the parameters are referenced by their positions such as $1 for first parameter, $2 for second parameter. these positional values can only have values ranging from $0-$9 (0,1,2,3...9).
I have a shell script meant to accept 20 parameters. for example:
./myscript.sh inp1 inp2 inp3 inp4 inp5 inp6 inp 7 inp8 inp10 inp11 inp12 inp13
Since positional parameters only have values ranging from $0-$9, how can l reference parameters $10,$11,$12 and above? I have tried using $10,$11 and $12,the parameters were not passed.
Any idea would be appreciated?
Thanks
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